Taunton Tornado 30

A weird day today.  Started out with a red sun lurking behind fairly heavy yellowish cloud.  Mid-day the wind picked up, as forecast and was up to 40 mph from the south.  All this caused by the remains of hurricane Ophelia in the Atlantic heading north and dragging sand from the Sahara and ash and smoke from wildfires in Portugal.  Luckily Somerset didn't get the rain or very high winds felt in Ireland and the north of the UK.

Taunton Station

Didn't take much to figure out that a decent ride today would be with the wind behind me.  Caught the train from Weston to Taunton and rode back most of the way blown along by the wind.  Did not have it all easy though, decided to go for some personal records and used the highest gearing available and went for a bit of speed.  Ended up travelling back in record time and managed an average speed for the journey of 14.6 mph.  Unheard of, usually it is around 11/12 mph so feel entitled to spend the rest of the day in smug mode.

Lots of personal records tumbled today during the 30 mile journey back from Taunton.