My picture of the day-Where's yours?

[wisdom]

Persuaded my youngest to join me on the Trinity hospice charity ride.18 miles and he loved it,its his first real ride,glad we persuaded him to to ditch the bmx for a real bike.The photo is at the checkpoint.Eagle and child pub. Weeton.Could be a regular rider now i hope.

 

[ianrauk]

My pic of the day.

A memorial in Farningham, Kent, to a fallen 20 year old Spitfire pilot. He traveled all the way from NZ to answer the call from King & Country to fight a war and an enemy he probably knew very little about. Very humbling.

 

[apb]

Out for a ride.

 

[ColinJ]

From today's sunny ride ... The steep climb of Midgley Road from Mytholmroyd to Height Road, Midgley.

"Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough!"

 

[TheDoctor]

A new planter in my garden.

 

[Summerking]

Japanese Maple in our garden

Sunday 9th June

 

[Finnjävel]

ColinJ's pic poured lactic acid into my legs just looking at it.

I took a ride last night (ended after midnight, so technically still postable to this thread) to try out a HDR camera app for my phone.

I'd say it works ok.

I tried to add other pics to my CC album, but they were too large and I can't be arsed to resize right now, so I'll just link to the G+ album.

 

[inkd]

From today's sunny ride ... The steep climb of Midgley Road from Mytholmroyd to Height Road, Midgley.

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That climb would be a "sod it im walking up" for me. Although the descent would be fun.

 

[Alan Frame]

That climb would be a "sod it im walking up" for me. Although the descent would be fun.

I'm in the walk up, brake down camp, I'm afraid.

 

[Teuchter]

...Mytholmroyd...

Love that place name!

I'm in the walk up, brake down camp, I'm afraid.

That's much better than being in the "walk up, break down" camp!

 

[ColinJ]

The climb in my photograph will be a good test for me in again in the future but it is too hard for me in my current state of health, even with the low gears at my disposal. There is a minimum speed to be attained to avoid wobbling all over the road and "Cap'n, the engines cannae take it!". When I was really fit, I could cycle up it without it hurting too much, but most times it was a struggle.

Yes, the descent is fun but it requires caution. There is a slight s-bend at the bottom of that picture which hides oncoming vehicles, and there are often parked vehicles on the left, narrowing what is already a narrow lane.

I was doing a 40 mph descent of Midgley Road once when a cat ran across in front of me! My front wheel missed it by inches ...

 

[al-fresco]

I was doing a 40 mph descent of Midgley Road once when a cat ran across in front of me! My front wheel missed it by inches ...

I once ran over a squirrel but I'm pretty sure that's because my Langster is possessed by Satan.

 

[ianrauk]

Taken earlier today.
Not the best pic as it was taken on my phone.

Cutty Sark - Greenwich.
The pic really doesn't show how majestic this ship is in the real world.

 

[uphillstruggler]

i took this from the top of Abbott Brow in Mellor, its a lovely hazy view out towards Blackpool but as usual, my photographic talent does not match the view. I could just about make out the blackpool tower throught the haze. i am usually her earlier in the year or it is just chucking it down so it made a nice change to be out in short sleeves when i get to ride around her whilst staying up this way for work. it really is a great area to get out and about it, loads of quiet lanes which offer something different around every corner.

 

[Trickedem]

This is a great place to stop on a ride. Open 24 hours and very cheap. It is about 2 hours ride from my house, so after an early start it was ideal for a second breakfast. £1.50 for a cup of tea and a massive slice of cake