I managed to find a new route this morning and even travelled some new territory, it was good to go exploring for a change.

I left about 8am, I’d been up for a while but wanted to let breakfast settle. I took two bottles of water today, it’s going to be a long ride. Once committed you have no options.

It wasn’t too hot and even throughout it didn’t seem too hot although the sweat was running off me. I went through an area called Ripley, a densely built up area with tiny houses on some streets and then utter monstrositys tucked in using every inch of their land. Horrible place to live, and it’s not cheap.

Managed just over 30km today and felt OK when I got back, not too many hills this time. Mind you there were a few difficult sections.