I finally got round to fixing my "summer" bike and celebrated with a 20-mile-ish ride into Essex - my first "proper" cycle that ventured outside of where I live/work since moving to London!
With Hannah and Arran, we took a taste of one day of Tommy Godwin's World Record: cycling 75,065 miles in a year (in 1939!) at an average of 205 miles per day. We cycled from Nottingham to Beverly, passing over the Humber Bridge, and arrived home to Arran and Gill's with a Barbeque.
A training ride out with Hannah and Jonathon. I remember this being a nice day out, and that we visited a vegetarian cafe in the peak district. I had no idea where it was, until the year after when we visited the Peak district and stumbled across this same cafe! The cafe was at Caudwell’s Mill at Rowsley, which was also very interesting to visit.
My first Audax (of quite a few) and my first 300km! Again, I was talked into this by Arran. It's clear I had caught the ultra-long distance bug by now.
I got talked into doing a Coast-to-Coast by my friend Arran at Beeston Road Club's Christmas Dinner. It came with a caveat - we were doing all 140 miles in a single day!
One week before my attempt at cycling Coast-to-Coast in a day, I look my first longish-distance solo trip. This ride was also the first time I ever knowingly attempted Crich, and I learnt how to keep going without a break.