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Done and dusted, 520km in the bag! What a great Christmas period for all - we were truly blessed for good weather this year! Story of the Summer too!

It will probably be well into tomorrow before I get to edit together my video from the final ride - yesterday. The Chalke and Cheese 200km audax; I was going up Cheddar Gorge at 7pm last night - very surreal especially in the thick fog half way up - and interestingly not as hard a climb as I imagined it would be.

Happy New Year everyone!

Finished it off this morning with a 2 hour ride around local roads to end up with 505km in total. I enjoyed it but I don't think I'll do it again as it takes up too much time.

Completed this afternoon with a fifth 100+km ride! 558 in total, over 300km in Austria/CH/FL which made it more enjoyable than slogging around the local lanes. With 5933m of climbing too I found it a fair challenge, in flatter lands it must be quite easy

All done at 555 km, that's my 6th badge, but it's time for something else. If I do it again it'll be part of something different.

foxyrider wrote: With 5933m of climbing too I found it a fair challenge, in flatter lands it must be quite easy

Impressive, my 555 km included 2,600m climbing and I wasn't particularly avoiding hills.

foxyrider wrote:Completed this afternoon with a fifth 100+km ride! 558 in total, over 300km in Austria/CH/FL which made it more enjoyable than slogging around the local lanes. With 5933m of climbing too I found it a fair challenge, in flatter lands it must be quite easy

I think the point is that getting out of the door is the biggest challenge - not the actual riding. Having scenic routes to ride makes that first bit a lot easier

First time taking part in the Festive 500, and oh yeah, such favourable weather this year; thoroughly enjoyed every minute. It was great to bundle it into a holiday away from home as well; so did lots of sight seeing and climbed some pretty gruelling climbs - especially in Cornwall!

DAY 1 /// Boxing Day - Cornwall - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlBC1IoGtm0
DAY 2 /// 27th - Cornwall - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyfhInxh8h0&t=4s
DAY 3 /// 29th - Cornwall - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwioZxx8rRI&t=7s
DAY 4 /// 30th - Cheddar Gorge, Somerset - 200km Audax - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KeZ1vZfgsWI

Anyone received their cloth badge yet?

S2L wrote:Anyone received their cloth badge yet?

Not me, though I hadn’t expected to yet, it’s been variable and with this being the first year it’s been optional they may have put off the order.

Funnily enough only this week was looking at the previous 2 I had collected and wondered when the latest would arrive.. So in answer to your question; No.

Still waiting here

quite timely, got an email from Rapha saying my roundel is on its way

... me too....

I thought the email was the prelude to a swift delivery, but after nearly 2 weeks I haven't received anything yet

I haven't even had an email...