Derbyshire again...

Winnats Pass from the top!

ToTP was not enough, i needed another hill fix before the year was out so coincidentally combined with a mid week break to the Peaks, i smuggled my bike onto the back of the car when no one was looking and hey presto another crack at Winnats Pass and Mam Tor was on the cards.

The plan
get up early two mornings running, and get out do a circuit of 20miles or so involving some hills.
The execution
Got up early - check
managed 20ish miles each day - check,
Hills? - well I did do a circuit involving Winnats and Rushup Edge before descending Mam Tor the first day but had to pause for breath going up Winnats, my lungs were cooked!
Day 2 was a flat spin around the valley floor befor finishing with a blast up and then back down Mam Tor - fared slightly better here other than losing my back light on the descent!

Posh bike has now been effectively mothballed until Spring, no more daylight commuting for me so out comes the Scott, and a subtle reminder I need to get that singlespeed conversion done on the trek too...?!

PS Circa 9200 miles completed ytd!!!!

PPS Simon has suggested a crack at the Fred Whitton next year - ouch, I can feel my legs already - 9 or 10 lake district passes, all of them in the 100 greatest climbs in the UK book by Simon Warren - its gonna hurt!