10\04\16 - Two Battles 200km Audax

A stupid o'clock start got me to Tamworth by 07:30 for an 08:00 KO.  A speedy 50 kms to Wistow was followed by a not so speedy 50kms to Upper Stow.  A welcome break at the half way point as it had got fairly lumpy by now.  At about 115kms the heavens decided to open, and remained open until about 190kms.  At this point I decided to change my gloves but this took about 5 mins as my hands were too cold to remove them.  Then a watery sun reappeared and I had 25kms of drying time!  Got back inside of eleven hours, with ten hours of riding.  PW.