This was a pretty excellent ride, despite the cold weather.

It’s a route I know well, so I just followed my nose. Very little traffic - in fact just the odd car, a few walkers, and one or two other cyclists.

There was a very thin layer of frost on the road for much of the length of the ride, and it was quiet enough that my wheels and I made a soothing ‘shhhhh’ sound as I rode along.

Fortunately the frost wasn’t black ice, and I didn’t have a single slip. I’d packed a sandwich and managed to ride all the way down to Winslow and back, making it a 36km/23 mile ride in all - I felt rather pleased with myself.

Here are a few more snapshots from the day:

The route can be found on my MapMyRide page, if interested. (I had recorded the route using the MapMyRide app, but it failed, meaning I had to draw this one manually. I’m using Strava now instead.)