Summer Evening Trundle

No photos with this post I'm afraid we were too busy chatting and enjoying the sunshine.

A quick blast with a few deviations up and down the southside on the South Downs and we arrived at Blackcap above Lewes. One of our gang had to 'phone-home' to check the domestic situation would enable him to continue with us, it didn't and he left no doubt to the pleasures of more housework or more accurately housework that meets the standard of his girlfriend!

In the distance we could see the hill of death that climbs from Kingston up onto the South Downs Way. The chalky glint from the bright sunshine was constantly catching our eye, mocking and taunting us to 'come and have a go if you think you're hard enough'. Our ability to resist everything except temptation is well known so biting the bullet we arrived at the base of the hill after the necessary detour through Lewes and Kingston. Off with the extra jersey, eat an energy bar, lighten the weight by having a pee and we were ready. The first steep section didn't seem too bad this evening and the following grind provided time to recover before the final kick. It was a great relief to arrive at the South Downs Way and look across the hills to the ocean. These climbs kill me but my buddy just skipped up despite being in recovery from a torn leg muscle!

At this point the breeze from the ocean had a cutting edge so it was on with the windproof layers before a race home against the clock of the rapidly setting sun. We did not have any lights but fortunately the last mile across the South Downs to the car-park in total darkness passed without incident.

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