Tales from today's commute....

[summerdays]

Warmer than expected so lots of layer removing including the buff on the way in. Noticed I got a QOM so looked to see where it was .... on a blind bend in a cut through alley way (there is only one other woman who has done it so that wasn't hard to achieve). The KOM's are going twice as fast as me on that blind bend!

 

[Beebo]

Well I'm trying for a bike commute today - to a meeting - about 11 miles round trip including an incredibly steep hill (St Dunstan's in Canterbury) which I will probably partly walk up. 2 weeks off the bike apart from a little round-the-block yesterday so I hope I can cope, and I've planned to get wet on the way home which I don't mind - I have to look smart on arrival though!

Try cycling up it on a hang over!
I went to Uni on the top of the hill in Canterburty so had to get up that hill most days.

 

[Origamist]

A few days off the bike and I felt good this morning.

A large stag eyeballed me in Tatton Park, but apart from that, nothing else to report.

 

[Ganymede]

Try cycling up it on a hang over!
I went to Uni on the top of the hill in Canterburty so had to get up that hill most days.

Ha! Yes I think I had the advantage of being substance-free today - including painkillers and Red Bull! - and though I did stop on the hill to get my breath back, I did cycle all the way. It's just so great coming down again. I feel pretty much ok and in fact didn't get wet at all, so I'm really glad I did it. It's too easy when you've been ill to delay and delay and wait for perfect conditions.

I had a great chat with the train guard on the way to Canterbury - he saw my semi-'bent and loved it, and I mentioned that one of the reasons I like it is because it puts no strain on my neck or shoulders, and I have a problem shoulder. He started asking me all sorts of questions about my shoulder and prescribing physio exercises - turns out he is a trained physio (why is he a train guard then...?) and we had a chat about t'ai chi and resistance bands and rotator cuffs all the way to the end of the line. You end up meeting so many people if you ride a funny-shaped bike!

 

[summerdays]

You end up meeting so many people if you ride a funny-shaped bike!

I love the way that so many random conversations can start because of a bike

My homeward commute was wet, and it was that sort of drizzle that fools you into thinking it's light, and before you know it , it's wet and and there are no point putting on full waterproofs. Now I'm home the sky has lightened and it's all stopped!

 

[BigAl68]

I have had a guts full of it this week to be honest. I have got soaked every journey this week so tomorrow I have decided I will cycle to the station and take the bike in on the train and come home the same way. My legs ache and my poor bike has taken a proper load of debris all over it. Off work on Friday so I am getting the old trek back in action and sticking a set of full mud guards on and only using my best bike when it's dry or at least not monsoon season. Well that's my moan over time for some dinner, give my little girl a bath and an early night.

 

[400bhp]

Nice commute back and had a bit of company (chain gang) with a bloke off my estate. Something you'd never get commuting by car.

 

[Supersuperleeds]

Another wet commute, but I don't care as when I got home I realised that I have beaten last years total mileage with tonights commute

 

[Mo1959]

Another wet commute, but I don't care as when I got home I realised that I have beaten last years total mileage with tonights commute

You must be due a service!

 

[Supersuperleeds]

You must be due a service!

Due some sleep

 

[summerdays]

I have had a guts full of it this week to be honest. I have got soaked every journey this week so tomorrow I have decided I will cycle to the station and take the bike in on the train and come home the same way. My legs ache and my poor bike has taken a proper load of debris all over it.

You have looked at the forecast for tomorrow? I think it is supposed to be dry!

Have a nice easy day tomorrow!

 

[steveindenmark]

Today was a wet, drizzly day in Denmark. I am trying to convince myself to ride a UK End to End next year and so my bike is loaded with 15 kg of gear to replicate what I will be carrying. I am a fair weather rider but I am forcing myself out in the bad weather as I am sure I will be riding in it in the UK.

I did a 30 mile route not far from home but on some roads I had never ridden before. Riding along one of these roads I came across an RAF memory stone. A memorial to a Lancaster bomber JA691 which went down here with the loss of all on board. There are several of these markers in Denmark as the British pilots used Denmark as an aiming point for Germany. On the night JA691 went down, the same German night fighter shot down 3 Lancaster bombers in 15 minutes, with the loss of all the airmen on the bombers.

When I got home I did a search for JA691 on the net and came up with the bottom link. It is detailed and really brings home the fact that it is not just a Stone with names on. It brings it all vividly to life.

The area where it happened is beautiful countryside and I stopped in a great place for coffee and to reflect. A great ride and possibly a new hobby to follow whist cycling.









www.bomberhistory.co.uk/ja691

 

[Exile]

Got through yesterday without getting wet, and is was actually sunny this morning. It could never last though and I got a proper soaking on the way home. And there I was thinking I'd get away with it as my overshoes got the bin treatment on Monday night after all but falling to bits on the way to work. Still, new winter shoes were delivered today, so hopefully warm and dry feet from here on out. Hopefully...

 

[BigAl68]

You have looked at the forecast for tomorrow? I think it is supposed to be dry!

Have a nice easy day tomorrow!

I know but I would like a day off as still getting over the lurgy and my legs are like lead with all the wet cycling. But you never know I may get up and jump on the bike anyway.

 

[Ganymede]

Got through yesterday without getting wet, and is was actually sunny this morning. It could never last though and I got a proper soaking on the way home. And there I was thinking I'd get away with it as my overshoes got the bin treatment on Monday night after all but falling to bits on the way to work. Still, new winter shoes were delivered today, so hopefully warm and dry feet from here on out. Hopefully...

I wore my short wellies for my short commute. Neat, waterproof, not too heavy; a fetching shade of dull plum. I realise I'm in a minority here.