Winter Solstice 200

A Winter Solstice 200km Audax from Stockport out into Cheshire and Shropshire via Middlewich , Market Drayton , Aldford , Tarporley and back to Stockport.

Right morning it’s the um winter solstice today it’s uh the week before Christmas and uh we’re going on a 200 uh out towards uh middle down Market draon back up um towards uh Hal but not quite in Wales I don’t think and then back across the top uh davam Winford davam

Back back here so let’s go and log on hi love you all right how you doing hey you love it I’ll have a tea please I didn’t realize you were oh I’m filming it interviewing me I don’t have to interview you you’re just a [Applause] natural cheers John right see you all later see you in a bit see you later Peter good Lu we arrive mate off there he is right no

Bad the edge Terry from Berry nice one mate go here all right I was wondering if you going to sorry I was wondering if you were going to turn up oh yeah I just late all right how are you then not bad you know ticking over nice and steady I’m going

Today yeah yeah you didn’t come pay yeah I saw your last video oh good ni One I died on the PVP I came in I what I was following you mate I died you did well I know you did very well though because depressed that was it I died I finished

It though they they turned all the controls off they turned them all off I didn’t oh right okay yeah I went to the end got medal but I just he mate by the way Pard a couple couple B and they had they had like a van with

Them just on the way to the first control at midle witch well does through midle witch are is Al Al no that’s not that’s wrong just through middle just puts into Mike there he is pulling over again see you in a minute mate I think he’s just christening the

Gate post anyway on with to the uh first control it’s bit of a headwind uh just kep going keep going so went to Sol s but the weather’s really nice I know I do know this time last year this uh I didn’t ride it last year

Helped out the uh it’s icing and snowy and very dangerous and I think there’s only about 15 finishes you know you are onwards right H first control just near a pylon apparently which is over there let’s have a look must register yeah we’re here next

One’s Market dra in um just um yeah just 36 37 km away so we’ll head there and get going sign to the secret bunker clim it not far from uh Market TR not been doing a lot of filming really because uh basically I’m battling a headwind and

Still battling it now I’m hoping well it’s very strong wind hopefully when we turn around at market dran I’ll have a semi ta wind right Mark trading go log on go down there on a quick care want stay here about 10 minutes think a bit of time up

Be struggling against the head to be honest uh can’t have been the only one but anyway stay here and then I’ll get to the cafe 125 hopefully hey hey y last you know that put B put like his bik just pull it Forward because I put

His bike this is his bike me let pull mine forward a bit cuz just stop him days well they they’re useful they’re useful then no use the wind yeah not enough not not enough light in but we’re going to get going caught up with Mike uh marage rating off to Alford about 40

Km hopefully not as much of a Tailwind uh headwind I should say onwards offun little bit more is that you 5 day ride okay yeah and night TR will go wrong in it yeah stuff happens stuff happens don’t it the long you ride the more times you H you

Go for half hour fine you go for long ride you crash B brakes out of energy also yeah that’s what happens we’re about 5 6 M from the next control um yeah get ready for the night time then I think got the old hies on hopefully the wind will change again

Been it a little bit easier that bit AP from the climb up to M pass where is this Alfred Al [Applause] Alfred Lads doing well you been here you been here falling up now are you still doing food yeah can have a cheese and tomato toasty and a

Cappuccino thank you thank you very much well where’s your tip thing this cup little cup thank you so much all right you anyway [Applause] s up bridg 14 km to the next Molton it’s near a bridge I think for Steve th this is it is it it’s a

Register here yeah yeah just done it right I don’t know exactly what you mean got one them oh go then I won’t say nowon register than that got me back by Chase for the wine gun mate oh you’re welcome that’s what you’re doing going up there F cuz it’s h pretty yeah is

Spooky whims low just coming into gry Manchester now way back in still got to get across it to uh basically Northern um stockall go for it anyway all right right just coming into whims low um got about 15K to go it’s dark well it’s been dark for hours it’s a winter

Solsis uh it’s not been a it’s not been a bad ride apart from on the way down Market dra it’s headwind down there oh my God then eased off a little bit it stopped in uh Market Dr in 10 minutes and then they had a break at the cafe um bit further on

125k and then since then not really stopped really only stopped to uh do the ebra of it probably can’t see me anyway right I’ll bring you back near the end got a hill to [Applause] climb I haven’t even done much lightering climbing up to the Finish I think it’s a

Lot less than a mile [Applause] now oh that’s UK right we’ve arrived um bu at bread Brey uh it’s been a good ride very windy on the way out yeah slow me down quite a lot not done a lot of lawyering to be fair I probably stopped around about 45 minutes

To an hour at stops in the time so I’m quite happy with that so anyway have a nice Christmas no lying oh excellent this is what we like to see yes green I come broadcast yes mate thank you I’ve got Lo to get rid of that’s oh it’s all right I appreciate it

Mate what you did on the um there are thanks very much thank you