Jon's Cycling & Sailing Blog
Mostly Cycles Routes Around West Bergholt & Sailing Around Brightlingsea.

(Click on any routemap to see it full size including profile plot in a new window. Each is around 200-400k)

January 2009

Month Mileage - 267.2 miles
Total Annual Mileage - 267.2 miles (well, obviously!)
Misc (to Station, Gym etc.) Mileage - 29.3 miles

31st January - Langham

16.3 miles, 393ft ascent - Bloomin' windy. Nasty on the way out, but rather nicer on the way home!

26th, 29th & 30th January - Wormingford

10.5 miles - 'Lunchtime Loop' [JS]

25th January - CC Sudbury Reliability Ride

25/01/09 Ride

48 miles - 1,847ft Ascent. What sh*tty weather! The rain would have been ok without the cold, the cold would have been ok without the wind - all would have been Ok without my wimpy legs! A truly horrible day with a particularly nasty return leg into the wind - I'm just glad it's over! Still I got in within the time limit and got my certificate (see below) [VM,JS]

25/01/09 reliabiity trial certificate

19th, 20th & 22nd January - Wormingford

10.5 miles - 'Lunchtime Loop' [JS]

18th January - Shrub End & Abberton Reservoir

18/01/09 Ride

20.4 miles - 856ft Ascent (same route as 07/12/08). Fortunately the rain stopped just before we started and it turned out to be quite a nice morning! [SS,PB,JS]

17th January - Countess Cross

17/01/09 Ride

20 miles - 751ft Ascent. Very windy and cold - a real grovel out into the wind, but much nicer on the way home! [JS]

16th January - Stanway

16/01/09 Ride

7.5 miles - 329ft Ascent. Pleasant ride over to Stanway to drop of a Scouts form. [JS]

12th & 13th January - Wormingford

10.5 miles - 'Lunchtime Loop' [JS]

11th January - Wormingford Back roads

5.9 miles. Family ride - very pleasant. [HS,RAS,SPS,JS]

5th January - Wormingford

8.5 miles - Abbreviated 'Lunchtime Loop' keeping to main roads as side roads a sheet of ice! [JS]

4th January - Wormingford

11.2 miles - Slightly extended 'Lunchtime Loop' checking out whereabouts of Bottengoms Farm [JS]

1st January - Wormingford Back roads

5.9 miles. Family ride - Absolutely blooming freezing! [HS,RAS,SPS,JS]

1st January - Burnt Dick Hill & Lt. Horkesley

01/01/09 Ride

15.7 miles - 559ft Ascent. First (very chilly!) ride of the year followed by coffee and cakes (nice!) [SS,NS,PB,JStr,JC,JS]

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Last updated - 8 February, 2009