So, for the time being I'm having to remove the front wheel and fill the rear passenger area and boot space leaving little room for anything else, hence us being separated for the weekend.
The first few days of May have been beautiful and perfect for getting out on the bike. I've also been able to shed yet another layer as the Day-Glo wind cheater is no longer required to protect me from sub zero temperatures and car drivers struggling to spot me in the misty morning gloom. The new month started for me on Thursday, Wednesday having been a rest day. For the morning run, I was not feeling my best and so decided to use it to explore a new and so far uncharted circuit, taking in the single track of Barnards Hill Lane, past allotments I never knew existed, to join Harepath Hill. This is a route my neighbour shared with me over a beer the night before and one I can see will appear in future circuits.
Stats: 2.68 mi, 15m 15s, Avg 10.5 mph, Max 27.9 mph, 169 kcal
Later that evening, I joined up with my neighbour for a 7 mile duo ride out across the northern and more extensive area of wetlands that I'd not covered before, an interesting cycle ride over rough ground and along wooden duckboards, avoiding the marshy water below. Great fun, although in the evening I did find a higher volume of flying things in the air than during the cooler morning circuits; keeping my mouth shut to avoid an unpalatable meal of insects was a real challenge!
And now for the route art .. can you see Yogi Bear walking from east to west along the coast to Beer?
Stats: 6.90 mi, 1h 06m 22s, Avg 6.21 mph, Max 20.0 mph, 736 kcal
As I was going to be away for the Bank Holiday weekend, Friday morning was to be the last ride for 3 days so I thought I'd make the most of it with a circuit including my three hills, the promenade, wetlands and the length of Harepath Road.
For Sunday, it was time for something different ... a walk! What an idilic walk in the sun it was too. Rutland Water, once a valley containing a village which in 1976 it was flooded to form a massive reservoir and popular water park, has a number of beautiful walks and cycle tracks and today it was swinging with all manor of cycles and water craft.
If only I'd remembered to power Endomono on at the start, as I missed a good half mile + of the route, but still pleased with the result!
What an epic entry ... lots of calories burnt and new sights to see! Pity we didn't get to see the day-glo outfit on the walk, but the weather was too good!
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