Craig J and myself  took ourselves on a tour of the Trent esturay, the Thorne 100k Audax.  For Steve M, very few beards but plenty of carbon fibre and a few fast riders on fixed.

 I wish more people would invest in full mudguards and decent mudflaps as the wet road had us all looking like we had measles by the first cafe stop.

 Whilst Craig and I halted for our promised bacon and tom butty the front group we were with ( 35 kms in 1hr10) just turned round and rode off to Boothferry Bridge

 It gave us chance to see some more of the  approx 100 riders before we took off on a ride which  i had predicted would mainly have the wind behind us, there goes my carrer fortune telling! 

The roads frequently turn 90 degrees which  throws up a cross headwind and hard work, but we still managed to roll into Bothferry at 12.10 for a well earned treacle sponge and custard before the last 12 miles into a full headwind to thorne. 

There we learned a valuable lesson, just because someone is a cyclist doesn’t mean they can ride a bike, as a guy who came powerring past us then anchored on to check his rack pack, clear his nose and various other nasty bits proved. 

Back to Thorne in the  first 20 for a coffee, total time 4 hrs 25 mins, riding time 3:43,  avg 26.8 kph or just over 15  in your money