Thursday, provided great conditions for an evening ride, storm Barney had moved on and we had no rain as eight Pedallers mustered at the Kings Arms. Quiff, Andy and the Near Naked Man were in our numbers, so it was either going to be a quick one or we'd need to split ranks!
Handbag and Gillian headed back to join the 7:30 ride after the climb out of Axmouth and Recumbent, Manx guy and I decided to wave goodbye to the Near Naked Man, Andy and Quiff in Lyme Regis, as there was no way we were all going to stay together. The quick group climbed over and into Charmouth, Wooton Fitzpane and Coney's Castle, while us three took the more gentle climb through Uplyme and Yawl. Although not too steep, this Yawl climb is quite relentless and a good one for me to remember when wanting to work on my climbing stamina.
Once at the A35, at the summit of this Yawl hill climb out of Lyme, with time still on our hands, we decided on adding in a circuit of Axminster before heading back to Seaton via Kilmington. It was on exiting Axminster at the crossing of the A35 into Kilmington that we picked up another rider - a college student returning from Exeter in jeans, trainers, carrying a rucksack and no mudguards .. oh to be young again! We shepherded him back to Colyton following which Manx guy & I finished the ride back at the Kings Arms, joining 3 MTBers for quality beer, chips & chat ... my kind of ride!
Sounds like you are getting your mojo back ... listen to the chimp on your other shoulder who tells you that you CAN get up that hill, and if that fails ... just think of those chips!
ReplyDeleteHaha! .. will give that a go :)
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