What a wet day that was! Took a ride out to Hope to meet Alan and go watch some of yesterdays stage. Wasn't too bad coming out of Sheffield but going over the top at Burbage was awful - in the clouds, windy and driving rain. The descent into Hathersage was quite scary given the conditions and lots of crap all over the road.
We decided to watch them come up the hill at Millstone Edge and so set off via Hathersage and Grindleford with time for a couple of drinks at Fox House beforehand. In spite of the awful weather there were plenty of people up there. The lead group came up at a hell of a lick with a big gap between them and the chasing group. The next two groups came up at a much more leisurely pace. I could have kept up with them assuming I hadn't ridden 100 hilly miles beforehand!
The ride back to Sheffield afterwards was even wetter. I don't think I've been so soaked after a ride before.
Anyway - nice that we treated the pros to some proper British summer weather!
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