9/9 ...I made it back in 9½hrs, 2hrs over the time limit. However, I thought the 7½hrs was a bit tight & wasn't surprised when my fastest 100km audax time ever was 8hrs with the 20% of gravel paths. It was a nice route mind you and I thoroughly enjoyed the day out #cycling #audax #SeasideDelight 😊

🧵 8/9 ...off the Strawberry Line at Yatton & up to Backwell where I made my 2nd alteration to go up the cycle route to Ashton Court & back across the Clifton suspension bridge instead of climbing Belmont Hill... #cycling #audax #gwraudax #SeasideDelight

🧵 7/9 ...heading inland & back up towards Bristol, the route passed Crook Peak & joined the Strawberry Line at Winscombe, my 3rd cycle path. Stopped at the Pulman Cafe in Sandford for more food and coffee and quickly on again... 🚂🚃🚴‍♂️☕️ ##cycling #audax #gwraudax #SeasideDelight

🧵 6/9 ...Brean Down was the turning point on this out & back route, it was literally the end of the road, plus it was the only manned control at the National Trust cafe where it was time for lunch. It was also at 60ish km & bizarrely the last control... ☕️🍰 #cycling #audax #gwraudax #SeasideDelight

🧵 5/9 ...a little bit of information about the bird hide on the Uphill to Brean section of the Pier to Pier cycle route... #cycling #audax #gwraudax #SeasideDelight

🧵 4/9 ...from Weston to Brean via Uphill on the Pier to Pier way where an info was supposed to be but it turned out it was at Brean, but I found views of Brean Down & Steep Holme island, someone with a better head for heights than I & a giant ice cream.. 🍦 #cycling #audax #gwraudax #SeasideDelight

🧵 3/9 ... after a quick stop it was on to the Pier to Pier cycle route and down to Weston-super-Mare for the next info control... #cycling #audax #gwraudax #SeasideDelight

🧵 2/9 ...this brought me to the first control (info only) at the Lakeside Cafe in Portishead before heading down the coast road to the next info at Clevedon where I stopped for coffee & a donut... ☕️🍩 #cycling #audax #gwraudax #SeasideDelight

A 🧵 about the Seaside Delight audax on Saturday, but I made 2 slight variations. For the first, after crossing the Clifton suspension bridge, I dropped down the hill & out along the Avon Gorge instead of crossing the Downs as I'd never done it before... #cycling #audax #gwraudax #SeasideDelight 1/9

That's audax No.1 done this weekend. 2 hrs late finishing, but 7½ hrs for a 100km that was 20% gravel paths was a bit tight if you ask me. Lovely route though, definitely enjoyed that despite not qualifying as finished #cycling #audax #gwraudax #SeasideDelight 🏖🚴‍♂️