Dropped off by friends in the manifold valley, where my oldest Charlotte was starting her Dof E bronze hike. Bad feelings (summed up by my miserable aspect in this photo) where confirmed when I had to dismount five minutes after setting off on the climb up to Thorpe. happily, that was the only real setback with a run through Ashbourne, Rocester and Uttoxeter taking me back via 30 miles of hilly but not vertical climbs.
Good practice for Cornwall in a couple of weeks time I hope. best moment of the day was climbing past a bloke in all the lycra coming up to Hilderstone. Worst, getting overtaken by three twelve year olds on mountain bikes on the Tissington trail.
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