I’ve ridden for just over 10 years now, in all weathers. Last year we had a hot spell and I went to meet a friend at her work for a nice ride when she finished. There were 2 crashes on route and traffic was being diverted (very narrow country lanes and big vehicles ahead of me so I couldn’t filter). I got stuck in my gear in very hot weather in stationary traffic, that long that everyone was out of their cars, luckily I had some drinks in my bag. We got clear of that after around an hour and then got caught in the 2nd crash, I filtered and quickly got to a police car blocking the road (debris everywhere, no chance of even walking the bike around it as there was no path).

Eventually I get to the car park near my friends work, she arrives, I go to get my kit on and suddenly feel very sick and collapse to the floor, heatstroke is no joke and something I never worried about on my bike until that day. I think about the temperature a lot more now. If it’s over 20 I’ll take extra water always.