erm Blackberry hill ... What a jolly ride, sun, views and Peli.
What a splendid weekend, our good friend PG Tips came for a visit. Loads of laughter and natter late into the night last night. Today we squeezed in a walk around Embsay reservoir as the fog lifted with Tilley. Then we packed the bikes onto the car and drove to Gargrave, cycled to Malham. And it wou...
I went out for a quick spin because the weather was nice. Sadly I didn't get to take anymore photos, because the battery was flat. I managed to get this one before I couldn't power the camera up again. Every time I see this flower I think of my grandmother as it was her favourite flower.
12 quick...
Yes, I know that it is tomorrow, but getting ready + bringing the bike out the door takes longer than, walking the long way to work. So I did it today and which would also mean that I'm not too tired tomorrow night.
Ride took me up the steepest hill yet 20%, which I managed. Just past the steepe...
I set off out not really knowing where I was going, the weather was nice and I fancied a few miles.
I ended up at the bottom of Barden Road in Embsay and went - why not give it a go. I set myself a target to get to the first turn and kick up, if I could do that I would be happy. Arrived and felt g...
So my nice relaxing evening ride into the sunset had a sting to it. Found a minus to wearing short and riding a bent. Other than that it was a nice quick spin on the canal in lovely sunshine.
Well it had to be done, a one week wedding anniversary ride.
Out to Malham, pub lunch and then back. Started a bit grey but then cleared up to be a stunning day for riding.
Sadly I ended up with a slow visit, boy does a bent handle weird when front wheel goes down. Which is the fastest I ever...
Ah, standing in supermarket car park having a snack to eat, we haven't done that for a long time. Many a time we have done that both with happy memories and miserable wet and cold memories questioning why we went out for a ride.
I know, I'm repeating myself but it is such a great feeling to be o...
Yesterday I head the utterly gutting sad news, that we have lost yet another good egg, David aka Jellied. We meet through a random cycling forum, pootles, work (cycle training, Dr Bike etc) and even a beer festival.
Sadly we both let busy lives so we didn't to meet that often. But when we did it...
Today I took a ride out to liberate a beer from the evil Over Lords erm landlord. Who wasn't evil at all as they let me cash in my free beer voucher. Ok, it was only for a pint of numbers, aka 1664, but it did hit the spot. Since I set out too hard and had to stop and rest on the hill out of Bra...
Wonderful day out on the bike with a friend from "down there south", who were trying his best to get lost up north.
Gratefully he didn't, and we meet up at the Dalesman Cafe in Gargrave for some fuel aka a fry up, just before they opened their doors. After a good natter we mounted our steeds and...
Went out for a little pootle with Peli. She got to see her horses, which is nice. One the steepest part of the hill our of Bradly, I hit some cow much - the joy of living rural - did a wheel spin which was rather fun :)
Overheard (upon spotting my bike) :
Kid 1: wow look at that
Kid 2: I want...
Went out for a warm up, so we are ready for the last day of the tour. Looking forward to the women's race. Hmm, GPS lost about 2 miles some how, I must have faffed a bit.
Though look at that - eight yes 8 PR's \o/
In sympathy with the pro's on the Tour de France, I decided to also not cycle Mount Ventoux today.
It was the - longest, fastest, less resting, fewest stops, most climbed - ride I have done since coming back to riding. And I feel good, though lets see how the legs are for tomorrow time trail, Migh...
Went out for a little ride with Peli today and the song Riding with Sue got stuck in my head. Many versions out there, but D-A-D's version, on their fantastic album "Call of the Wild", is of-course the best - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKqjtNhSVSQ. Here is some of the lyric that spun ar...
Today's ride was rather eventful.
One of the mini narrow boats, that people hire for the day, tried to beach itself. I spotted it right on the other bank, coming at full sail - yeah I know, but you know what I mean - out from the over hanging trees. Which mean that the cap't had already stuffed...
Avoided one hill by going the long way around. Had to stop for a breather on Bog Lane. Explore some gravel track, which I might explore more another day, when it is not raining. Hit the canal for the extra bit to get over the 12 miles.
First ride in traffic, got plenty space, long hill (hard work) and I should have passed the 100 miles on Tigger :) and I did some stones too, time to relax and watch the wee pootle in France, might find a homebrew for support :)
