A Look Back On January
It's the end of January, and a month of successful tours at an interesting time of year! Today I'll look back on it and show you some pictures so you can get an idea of what Minoh is like in January. How cold is it? Too cold to cycle? While it was cold and we had to dress accordingly, it was basically fine! Having cycled the mountain roads in January before, remembering it as being severely cold on the descent, I was apprehensive at the start of the month. I was prepared to have to make some disappointing cancellations in case of frozen roads for safety reasons. However when it came down to it, over the total of 6 tours that ran, the road didn't freeze any of those times (despite there being some snow at the side of the roads at the top of the mountain on some days), it was basically fine, if chilly. On all apart from one of the tours, the temperature was between 4 and 7C, and only on two days did it feel really cold - and that was on the way down. Thankful...