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Up at 6.45 after a busy night.
Cooking class today.
13.45 53F/12C. Bright sunshine and breezy from the SE. Returning from cooking class. Where I prepared and cooked broccoli. 107F/42C in the greenhouse! 65F/18C in the room and rising. With the internal windows and doors open. I'm trying to decide where to go for a ride.
19.30 47F/8.3C. Back from a 54km ride to Helnæs and back. It was a foolish choice. I was fighting an icy SE headwind all the way there. In bottom gear in Sport Mode I was barely making headway across the viaduct. The inland water was choppy with white horses. It is usually as flat and calm as a farm pond.
On my return I was cruising at 40kph on the same stretch. The DMI says 14m/s gust but the base wind was far stronger than that! My knees were hurting and legs were burning. I came within a hairsbreadth of turning back. As I was already committed, half way there and had managed most of the crossing I decided to continue.
I was cold on the way back and colder when I arrived home. So I piled on three fleece jackets, a fleece hat, thick socks and went to bed for half an hour.
I finally lit the stove at 20.00. The room had dropped to 19C.
No dinner required. I made do with coffee and a biscuit.
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