Today we did most of a ride we had abandoned with a group, when the participants were acting squirelly and we seemed to be stopping every 5 minutes! It started right down the street, so off we went. I knew it was going to be cooler today, and still humid, but it was probably not a good idea to wear sleeveless, for the beginning of this ride, with no shrug, as it was 67 and cloudy. But, I warmed up. This ride was really pretty and never more than 10 miles from home, in either direction, whih mattered as pop up thunderstorms are predicted. We rode through one area that I had never been in, along the shores of Lake Boon, in Hudson and Stow. We found out why, when we saw a sign saying it was a private right of way for people who lived there... quite nice, though, but of course, once out of the private road, followed by a short climb. We both kept feeling big drops of rain every once in awhile, so eventually, we stopped to look at the radar, but saw nothing, so we did not take the short way home. However, shortly after that, when we were in our old town, we looked at the route and saw that it went up the aptly named Hill Rd. DH had done this earlier in the week, and I was starting to lose it, with 10-13 miles to go, as we were going faster than is usual for me. So, we shut the route down and made our way home, the usual way. At one point, a small group of riders almost collided with us, so we passed them and when we got to an intersection, there was lots of traffic and 3 police cars. It was weird. A giant truck stopped to let us turn left and the other riders caught us, but then peeled off. I suspected they would end up back on the street we were on, which they did, just as we were doing the final climb of the ride. It's easy, but I was tired. All of a sudden, lots of riders passed me, so it may have been some sort of charity ride, and that would explain 3 Acton police cars at that intersection.
33 miles, and a good workout, despite some mild complaining from me! And, I saw another woman wearing a Cycling Country jersey from the Spain trip we did. It's such a small cycling tour company, I was surprised.