Tour of the Borders

Should've brought a canoe!

Everything about this sportive was great (area, route, organisation, food, goody bag) except the weather. The heavens opened and with gale force winds it made for the most horrendous conditions I have ever cycled in. Up-hills were close to torture and you had to cycle to get downhill, with rivers streaming across all roads. I was meant to be doing the 112km route but bailed and decided to do the 80km route. With major rivers bursting their banks and foot deep floods to cycle through it seemed a wise choice and timely too as shortly after I made the decision the organisers were sending all riders on that route. It was fun however having a gale push you up a hill on the return journey.
Next years Tour is to be on closed roads and with a bit of luck some fine weather will mean this will definitely be a sportive I will do again.....hopefully dry!
Side note: The entire route today was covered in dead frogs. Barely a km went by without two or three dead frogs lying in the road.