While I am waiting for all my pictures to upload, let me describe this ride to you all...do not worry; the photos will follow as soon as they are done uploading
For the British RATS...here is the route that I rode today:
Mildenhall to the A143; rode the A143 down to the A140 and got on that for two miles then left on the B1118. Rolled through the B1118 until the B1116 and straight into Framlingham Castle.
Left Framlingham castle on the B1116 and took that to the B1079 and then to the B1084 that took me into Orford castle. From there I took the B1084 to the A1152 and then to the A12. On the A12 I hung a right and went up the coast to the A144 that cut back into the A143. Coming home I mixed it up and got off the A143 and got on the A1066 into Thetford and then onto the A1075 up into Watton. At Watton I jumped onto the B1108 and "ran" across to the A1065 and then rolled on home. Over two hundred miles and not one single highway!
Now I am not one for sympathy so please do not feel sorry for me; I am just sharing information and I will somehow find a way to get through this. But I barely could keep my Bonnie going in a straight line the whole day today! Sweeping turn here, bending turn there...rolling hill into a left sweep that runs into a hook right where you are forced to double down and speed shift back up after the apex of it. At no point today was I able to put my feet up on the handlebars, slap the auto-pilot on Bonnie and go to sleep. I spent an entire six hours in twisties and bends through forests and into open fields then to the ocean through the hill side of two castles! I know...you all are asking; 'how do you find the strength to press on and keep your riding your Bonnie?' Hopefully you are not shedding too many tears at this point as I will do my best to try to find a way to perservere on and keep Bonnie rolling down the road so that she will not gather rust but it is hard
With that said, today was probably one of the best days I have ever had on a road bike...MY GOD I cannot believe the riding in this country!!! I swear that I almost abandoned my route just to ride the B series roads over and over and over and over again that led to both of the castles. I'm still buzzing so there will be more to come as soon as I get the photos on here...
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