Hot ride to St Ives – 25 July 19

Leader: Stan

Riders: DerekM, DerekS, Rob, Bill, Mike

Distance: 34 miles

Stops:

Coffee – Compass Cafe, Bethel Baptist Church, Swavesey

Lunch – The Oliver Cromwell, St Ives

A very, very hot day (Cambridge was on the news as being the highest temperature on a July day at 38.1C!). Mike and Stan went swimming in the Swavesey lake, while the rest continued on the St Ives loop. Nice lunch in the (air-conditioned) Oliver Cromwell, before riding back down the busway, where cycle computer recorded temperature of 109F (43C).

Weather report for 2019-07-25 (between 09:00 and 17:00)
  • Wind speed 12 mph, gusting 24 mph, from the SE
  • Temperature average 32°C (27min/35max)
  • Feels like 32°C (25min/37max)
  • Sun 8.0 hours, cloud cover 4%
  • No rain

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  • Total Distance: 34.10 miles
  • Climbing: 1013.5 ft
  • Descending: -1016.8 ft
  • Max elevation: 98.4
  • Min elevation: 16.4
  • Elapsed: 10:59:05
  • Moving: 00:00:02
   
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