Continuing with the effort to complete another series of RRtY, I was out yesterday riding the lanes, hills and valleys of Kent from Medway down to Folkstone and back again. Having ridden all those miles in Germany during May, a few things struck me on yesterday’s ride. We have a lot of hedgerows in Kent. The landscape is varied. Road surfaces are generally quite poor. The first two are worth celebrating. The third was a literal pain in the arse. I finished the ride feeling a bit more sore after 200k than after the 2,000‑plus I did on mainland Europe. Can’t have it all, I guess. If it was a choice between smooth paved surfaces or the landscape and hedgerows, I would choose the latter. I love riding my bike around Kent. So good to have the North Downs to explore. I don’t mind the hills one bit. I kind of like them, as it goes. I just drop down into my lowest gear and pedal slowly up them without straining myself. I go for bike rides rather than training rides. Riding for miles on the…
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