We never actually got to Melton – we just cycled around it. We got half way to Leicester, then headed north to the border of Nottinghamshire at Nether Broughton. There we decided that continuing would risk coming into contact with some merry men, so we headed more directly home, thus encircling the home of the pork pie.

The autumn colours were just emerging which helped, but a number of range rovers on single track roads without passing places made keeping momentum for uphills difficult. A short 75 km, but the headwind on the return made it feel long enough.

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