Sunday ride

I'm really drawn to Summer Hill Road for training rides at the moment. I first rode it last week and my initial thoughts were: "this is way longer and way more hilly" than when I travelled it by Land Rover. So I was really impressed by completing a loop from my local fire station. 
As is common among cyclists is, that we are drawn to complete ever-more-difficult activities. So off we went.  But after working on my chopper all day and a bit of procrastination, I had run short of time, so I drove to the Eaglereach access road, cranked up my Flow speaker with football and jingled off. Unlike when I was jogging here a on Friday, the weather was glorious; cool, pretty calm, light cloud. 
I had changed my peddles out for clipless and found the hills less daunting, even faster. I got to the T-intersection marking the end of SHR (9k) and needed more. Glendonbrook Road, normally a rat run for coal miners and farm boys, seemed quiet. So I rode towards Gresford (5k). More folly hills, but not gravel or beat up bitumen, it had jist been resurfaced. At Gresford, the treats shop was closed so I dropped down to St Mary's church for a look see and banana.
 
The ride back was over the same route with no stand outs or dramas.

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