I had a bit of an idea to ensure the video would point forwards and not down to the ground, I took the lights off the bike and fitted the camera mount.
As can be seen from the photo it was a bit chilly out, Lyneham had the weather observations for the ride as...
| 0900 |  | -1.8 °C | ENE | 7 mph | 30 km | 1005 hPa, Falling | |
| 1000 | | -0.9 °C | E | 7 mph | 25 km | 1005 hPa, Falling | |
| 1100 |  | 1.4 °C | E | 7 mph | 35 km | 1005 hPa, Rising | |
| 1200 | | 2.4 °C | E | 8 mph | 40 km | 1004 hPa, Falling | |
| 1300 | | 3.3 °C | ESE | 7 mph | 40 km | 1003 hPa, Falling |
I had plotted my route to avoid as many main roads as I could, unfortunately this made progress slow as nearly all of the roads had an unhealthy ice and frost covering on them.
But the frost covered fields did look very picturesque
Surprisingly I wasn't feeling to cold....At Bratton I was in two minds whether to deviate from route and climb to the top of the White Horse...The thought of Ice on the descent into Westbury put me off the idea so I stuck to the route.
At Westbury I joined the rather busy A350 for a couple of miles at Warminster I then cut across Elm Hill and joined Imber Road :-)
If you feel bored enough here is the sped up video of the ride down Imber Road (30 minutes into about 3 :-)
The plain is very wide open with no protection from the elements and I started to get cold, very cold!
But I did see the tanks again :-)
Well worth the return visit :-)
After Imber I carried on over the plain heading home via Market Lavington, Worton, Poulshot and finally sticking to the A342 from Rowde.
The Garmin had the ride as 54.74 miles in 3 hours 56 minutes with an average speed of 13.9 mph (I blame the frozen roads and the exposed roads over the plain), The route can be found here...
When I got home my feet were completely frozen, they actually hurt when they were thawing in the shower.
1 comments:
Good pics of the dead Chieftans mate.
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