Me, at 5:48am in Chalfont St Peter Community Centre, having just finished the 2026 London Wales London bike ride. All week I watched the weather in anticipation of the London Wales London Audax ride at the weekend. I’m fortunate to have a real-life weatherman living in my street, so on Wednesday I messaged him to see what he thought. The news wasn’t good. Our spell of sunshine was going to be replaced by a band of rain moving up through England. I’d figured that by doing the ride at around 12mph including stops, the same speed as last year, the rain should hit around 5pm and last until midnight. The temperature looked to be much warmer, not dropping below around 10°C, but I wasn’t sure what the net effect would be given that I was likely to be sopping wet through the middle of the night. The Epic Ride Weather app’s emoji view gave a fairly accurate prediction of what was to come. I took Friday off to relax ahead of an early start on Saturday, but ended up spending a lot of it in…
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