After the biblical wind and rain of last year's Womens 100 ride , this year's conditions couldn't have been more pleasingly polar opposite and pleasant!! The date fell on the weekend of the bike-courier holiday ride "The Dunwich Dynamo" so I combined both trips, incorporating the 100k into the overnight 120 miler to the Suffolk coast. It was warm and dry for the duration of the night making it a much quicker and enjoyable experience than the last DD I did 2 years ago. Therefore this was the most magical and blessed journey to have taken part in with memories of these 2 previous weather thwarted expeditions! I was literally fist-pumping into the beautiful sunrise gradient sky despite not being able to cycle with no hands on the bar!! This is going to go down in history of my top favourite times on 2 wheels. BLISS!!!!
A little insight into what I get up to at the weekends to escape the city................. cycling out to the English countryside ............... and on this last end of Summer / start of Autumn escapaid, a weekend camping trip to the Isle Of Wight, complete with chickens for fresh eggs!!
Thanks to RART for the special ltd edition , hand-dyed ombre Rapha windbreaker for the ride!
For the last day of fashion week I added a new colour to my spectrum wardrobe - this pale duck egg blue / airforce aqua. It's a collaboration between Rapha and Liberty's Art print archive which is a first for a performance sportswear brand. Their graphic aesthetic has brought about a novel selection from the floral archetype of Liberty's heritage series. The 1930's optical dot pattern begins a two season partnership between the two British brands. The complete range carries across the active wear to the accessories and city line. I wore the whole look which fortuitously matched the colour scheme for fashion week, with the BFC's own choice of turquoise. The new LFW venue on Brewer Street was also only a few doors down from Rapha's London Cycle Club where the line launched to coincide. It's available at their other international stores and Liberty with a window installation and two bikes built from the pattern paintwork. I'm mega chuffed with the Musette bag which has upgraded my usual backpack for a more fluid messenger chic!
See the complete collection here and here.
(Images Top to Bottom: In store at Rapha CC, onsite at LFW, with Aaron Frew at Ashish, London Design Festival in Paternity's installation at Somerset House)
