I tried the 22km "around the bay" commute on the way home last night. Interesting ride through ritzy homes of Burlington and then through downtown Hamilton, nice scenery, some small hills to keep it interesting. Traffic volumes made my other commute look like a ride in the park, but it was a nice ride, full moon rising over Burlington Bay looked very picturesque. Temp was +5 C at the start, +2 when I got home.
But it took an hour for me to get home!!! Not sure why, headwind all the way home, but I should be used to that by now. I just scaled the distance off a map, it could be more than 22km. I was riding 27 km in an hour in September, I don't think I've slowed down that much since then!
Back to the 12km ride in this morning (couldn't get motivated to leave early enough for the 22km) - uneventful, but pleasant.