RTTC 10M NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS - Keswick - 3rd Sept 2017

52nd Overall / 2nd in Age Group (National Silver)Not quite Porto Pollensa, but the seafront and early morning views across Morecambe Bay towards the southern fells of the Lake District is still pretty damned good, and a little nostalgic from my younger days - that sighting of the Lakeland Fells is a personal joy, like revisiting old friends



Overnight stay in Heysham, breaking the journey to Keswick for the National 10 TT Champs - stage 2 of racing this weekend. Stage one being my second visit to the fast S Cave 10 course yesterday, in the VTTA 10 "knocking out" a 19-13 underlining my recent 19-11 was no fluke, arguably in less favourable conditions and a little experiment on lower cadence, needs a little work, but the future?

Plan this morning is to take a slow drive (it is memory lane ) to Keswick via the coastal road: Hest Bank, Silverdale, Arnside and then up the Lyth Valley to Windermere over Dunmail passed Grasmere - can't wait, be more fun than the race - as will be the post race refreshment in Keswick with my old mucka Mr Summers 🍺

[April 2019: The National was hugely disappointing, probably should not have done the race the day before, in fact my coach was surprised how "well" I actually did in the National - must admit I was over confident that no one could touch me in my age group, but well done to Chris L he beat me fair and square on the day]