Up and across the tops on the Stooge tonight to Joy's for dinner.
Spectacular sunset as I rode, with it coming out briefly from under the clouds and casting a beautiful light. I love the ride on the Stooge, it's just so responsive, and handles something wicked. Traverse was nice, Vernon fun, mild it was. Was freezing when I left home, then got weird warm patches up in Vic and mild across the top.
Got this shot approaching the Tors. Peak glow.
Clamber up road to Castle from here was all good, and the sun had faded by the time I got to the top - the singletrack down to Bridle was sweet - surprisingly raily, even in the rocky tech it felt good, tho defo slower than Friday. You absolutely have to stay focussed and keep an eye on where you're putting the front wheel, and use quite a bit more body english - but that's all good: for the skills, for the fitness / strength. Road climb was okay, getting cooler 'round under the gondola, and darker. Then, Britten was getting tricky cos the light was getting so low, but still enough to see by. Finishing with a fast bomb down road to dinner.
MMR crapped out on me at that photo above (8 kms, 317m - workout deleted), so I've replaced it with a copy of one from 2021 - same route, different bike and conditions, but close enough. 15.7 kms, 580 m climbed.
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