Rich Rothwell

The dark months

December 11th, 2009

I can totally understand winter playing with people’s heads. If you think about it logically riding a bike all year round in the UK is a pretty harsh prospect. But we are fortunate in the sense that whilst we do not enjoy the warmest (or driest!) climate it is rarely prohibitive. I remember my time on mainland Greece in the winter. It rained. For literally weeks on end. And it rained so hard that the water bounced off the ground like marbles. In Northern Turkey it froze so hard that the air literally cut your throat. And an 8hr epic in Africa with the mid day heat to contend with….? Suddenly the prospect of being able to get out and ride any time of the year, or day, (or night) makes the whole UK thing seem all the more appealing. And the best thing?  Our supposedly crowded island reveals its empty expanses more readily when the clocks change…

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