You picked a rolling route there ! . Launde abbey fun ? Not sure about that
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Your ride today....
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- Location
- Egham
After yesterdays imperial ton I only did the High Street and back today, 4.3 miles. They all count though
Seriously need to change my saddle on the Van Nic. Tried an SMP Hybrid for 500 miles, too narrow. The last 1400 miles or so have been on a 155mm Specialized Romin EVO carbon, but an unhappy rear end after 35 miles Monday, and yesterday red raw means a change is due....
Seriously need to change my saddle on the Van Nic. Tried an SMP Hybrid for 500 miles, too narrow. The last 1400 miles or so have been on a 155mm Specialized Romin EVO carbon, but an unhappy rear end after 35 miles Monday, and yesterday red raw means a change is due....
Early to bed last night, which inevitably resulted in an early up this morning. So rather than mooch about or listen to the comedy news programs I thought I would set off for a spin. Out in the dark and back home just as it was getting light.
Up Wellington Hill, a right to Bramley Grange, through Thorner and past Hetchel Woods, a right at East Rigton another right at the top of Jewitt Lane then straight into Bramham past Worthersome. South for a few miles shadowing the route of the A1M and into Aberford where yet another right saw me on the road to Barwick in Elmete. Past Scholes to the A64, down to Killingbeck and back home. Simples.
Nothing to note apart from me startling a BIG white bird sitting atop a hedge near Worthersome. Far to dark to see exactly what it was. It could have been a heron, it could have been an unfeasably large budgerigar .
My money is on the heron.
View: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/28554200
23.5 miles with just under 1200 ft of up. Fixed
Up Wellington Hill, a right to Bramley Grange, through Thorner and past Hetchel Woods, a right at East Rigton another right at the top of Jewitt Lane then straight into Bramham past Worthersome. South for a few miles shadowing the route of the A1M and into Aberford where yet another right saw me on the road to Barwick in Elmete. Past Scholes to the A64, down to Killingbeck and back home. Simples.
Nothing to note apart from me startling a BIG white bird sitting atop a hedge near Worthersome. Far to dark to see exactly what it was. It could have been a heron, it could have been an unfeasably large budgerigar .
My money is on the heron.
View: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/28554200
23.5 miles with just under 1200 ft of up. Fixed
A busy rest of life morning in the bright weather. My infinitely better half said ‘let’s eat then you go pedal off,’ in the nicest possible way. So I did.
This was never going to be a long ride so I wheeled the fixed out for the first time since March, very aware of my lack of fitness and plain old practice. This became obvious as I tried to stop at the end of the road. Brake lever back to the bar and no noticeable slowing down. Ooops! I had not noticed that the little lever to open the calliper was actually in the open position. Add that to the look at list. Less than half a mile later the obligatory attempt to freewheel was made and that was me tuned back in to riding fixed. But by ‘eck it was not easy pedalling. By the time I reached Water Lane the almost inevitable ride along the towpath was decided on and so Office Lock was the next landmark to pass. And I was passed by a lad on a single speed. I resisted the non existent temptation to catch up and just kept on. A bright afternoon, little breeze and a quiet towpath was enjoyed all the way to ( I think ) Bramley Falls Lock where the Garmin said five plus miles. I stopped and drank and turned around to ride home.
Nearly all the hills are down in this direction and things were still quiet all the way back to Water Lane. Under the wings and along Great George Street and so on, turn right onto Leathley Road ( where I once saw a parcel delivered addressed to Leatherly Road ) and the last bit of uphill to home. A gentle ten and threequarter miles, kept the smile on all the way around.
As ever, a garmin squiggle.
This was never going to be a long ride so I wheeled the fixed out for the first time since March, very aware of my lack of fitness and plain old practice. This became obvious as I tried to stop at the end of the road. Brake lever back to the bar and no noticeable slowing down. Ooops! I had not noticed that the little lever to open the calliper was actually in the open position. Add that to the look at list. Less than half a mile later the obligatory attempt to freewheel was made and that was me tuned back in to riding fixed. But by ‘eck it was not easy pedalling. By the time I reached Water Lane the almost inevitable ride along the towpath was decided on and so Office Lock was the next landmark to pass. And I was passed by a lad on a single speed. I resisted the non existent temptation to catch up and just kept on. A bright afternoon, little breeze and a quiet towpath was enjoyed all the way to ( I think ) Bramley Falls Lock where the Garmin said five plus miles. I stopped and drank and turned around to ride home.
Nearly all the hills are down in this direction and things were still quiet all the way back to Water Lane. Under the wings and along Great George Street and so on, turn right onto Leathley Road ( where I once saw a parcel delivered addressed to Leatherly Road ) and the last bit of uphill to home. A gentle ten and threequarter miles, kept the smile on all the way around.
As ever, a garmin squiggle.
- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Just a quick one this afternoon taking the Raleigh round the short version of my Acton Burnell loop.
The weather is quite a contrast from when I was out on Sunday, being back to sunshine and warmth, although it's a bit on the breezy side. I had that wind to ride against for the first few miles but it didn't seem to slow me down too much which I was quite pleased with.
At Longnor I head northwards again and with the wind helping got along very nicely. At Acton Burnell I decided on a whim to go and take a peek at the castle which I've never been to despite all the years I've lived here. Pressing on again, the wind was still helping and I got some good speed up through Pitchford and got over 30 in the dip near the hall. The climb up to Cantlop was fairly easy this time.
I got baulked by traffic on the way back to Condover then had a crosswind most of the way home.
17.6 miles with the sight detour, at 16.3 mph moving average.
A pause at Acton Burnell Castle.
The weather is quite a contrast from when I was out on Sunday, being back to sunshine and warmth, although it's a bit on the breezy side. I had that wind to ride against for the first few miles but it didn't seem to slow me down too much which I was quite pleased with.
At Longnor I head northwards again and with the wind helping got along very nicely. At Acton Burnell I decided on a whim to go and take a peek at the castle which I've never been to despite all the years I've lived here. Pressing on again, the wind was still helping and I got some good speed up through Pitchford and got over 30 in the dip near the hall. The climb up to Cantlop was fairly easy this time.
I got baulked by traffic on the way back to Condover then had a crosswind most of the way home.
17.6 miles with the sight detour, at 16.3 mph moving average.
A pause at Acton Burnell Castle.
delb0y
Legendary Member
- Location
- Quedgeley, Glos
Such a lovely evening I couldn't resist a quick blast. I headed up Harescombe # 1, which tends to feature in most of my evening loops these days, then at the top cut across the lanes towards Painswick. Here I'd identified a bridle path that drops down to the bottom of Portway hill. I figured this would be fun as it would all be downhill... but wow it was so steep and so rocky I had to get off and do the first thirty or forty metres on foot. I have no suspension and though my tyres are wide they are road tyres and certainly not up to such a rocky descent. My mountain biking skills are non existent, too, so it was discretion rather than valour - and looking at RwGPS now I can see this was a 25% descent! After that first bit though the bridle-path was brilliant, and I thoroughly enjoyed the descent down to the bottom of Portway.
I looked at my watch and it was only 5:15... I had plenty of time so it seemed a shame not to have a go at Portway. So up I went and at the top I joined another bridle-path to Painswick Beacon. Again there was a very steep descent full of big rocky steps that I had to walk - what a crazy ride when I can get up the hills but have to walk the descents! - and then it was downhill all the way home on proper roads.
At this rate, if I keep finding routes like this, I'll have to invest in some mountain bike training and put the knobblies back on.
I even saw a kestrel doing it's hover, drop, hover, drop, kill routine, which is always nice. What was interesting was this was in the middle of a housing estate!
I looked at my watch and it was only 5:15... I had plenty of time so it seemed a shame not to have a go at Portway. So up I went and at the top I joined another bridle-path to Painswick Beacon. Again there was a very steep descent full of big rocky steps that I had to walk - what a crazy ride when I can get up the hills but have to walk the descents! - and then it was downhill all the way home on proper roads.
At this rate, if I keep finding routes like this, I'll have to invest in some mountain bike training and put the knobblies back on.
I even saw a kestrel doing it's hover, drop, hover, drop, kill routine, which is always nice. What was interesting was this was in the middle of a housing estate!
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Another late write up sorry Sundays ride . @tallliman had planned a 110 mile Leicester to Lincoln with a loop around the top of Lincoln so shortcuts could be taken if required . @tallliman has been under the weather of late and was worried about fitness .Out the door at 0710 it's a bit chilly 
was underdressed but hopefully it would warm up , at the last minute I decide of to grab my ear warming headband . Got to first meeting point at Cossington .Had to stop to put lights on crossing the river due to a thick mist . @Supersuperleeds rolls in and says where your helmet . I'd forgotten it but with my headband on I hadn't noticed . Where on our way to second meeting point at Wymeswold saw @Lilliburlero doing some loops of the village he'd misjudged the distance got there early and was doing extra miles as he and @Supersuperleeds were going for 200km . @tallliman rolled in just before meeting time he's normally early . He was not feeling up to a long ride but had come out to see if he ride into it . We set off at a relaxed pace but at the next village he decided to bail 
. The routes first get out would have been been Newark at about 50 miles and he didn't want to push it so he headed home and still got 20 miles in .He was dissapponted but probably the correct decision .So the 3 of us heading east roughly following the A46 to Newark . Then we started a dog legging route to grab some Veloviewer squares . Rolled into the cafe at Dry Donnington a giant concept store I am begining to look at new bikes and giants are top of the list . First bike I greeted by is a 2018 TCR with £800 pound off but thankfully for my credit card it was a size to small . Service at the cafe was slow we were stopped for nearly an hour .Back on the bikes a couple of dead ends and 1 grass footpath for squares for me and @Supersuperleeds ,@Lilliburlero has yet to get this obsession so had a few rests while he waited for us . Then comes the cliff a long steep ridge then runs across the county and we have to always climb it. Yes Lincolnshire is not completely flat .The climb followed a normal pattern @Supersuperleeds in front in the big ring me following in the little ring spinning @Lilliburlero just getting up it . Halfway up @Supersuperleeds drops into his little ring and I slowly reel him in and crest first 
. We really drop @Lilliburlero so we waited at the top . At every junction it seem we kept turning away from Lincoln at 1 point Lincoln was 6.5 miles away and we had 40 to go 
. The terrain was definitely more rolling now and @Lilliburlero was struggling on every incline so a pattern of @Supersuperleeds in the front me dropping back and pacing @Lilliburlero back on continued for a few miles . Then we finally turned for Lincoln but into a headwind . @Supersuperleeds setting the pace on the front . I couldn't speed up to pass so told @Supersuperleeds to peel off when he wanted a rest which he did I tried to keep the same pace but as @Supersuperleeds dropped to the back @Lilliburlero lost my wheel and about a mile later I realised I'd lost them . Stopped and could see them in the distance at a bus shelter . Head back and @Lilliburlero was administering emergency chocolate and just wanted a quick break . Thankfully we had plenty of time for the train . Off again relaxing the pace a bit just 6 miles to go so we dragged him to the station . 114 miles for me at 16.8 mph so we weren't hanging about ,130+ for @Supersuperleeds and 126 for @Lilliburlero so targets achieved . Quick trip to Costa for a coffee which @Lilliburlero treated us too cheers buddy .Shared train train journey to Nottingham where we parted company on 3 separate trains ,@Supersuperleeds could waited we with me for my train but as he said he didn't like me that much 
and went for an early train which didn't stop at my station . Finally rolled into home after another 11 miles from the station some 12 hours after I had left a long day . Another lovely ride in great company and weather did warm up enough for me not to be underdressed . Not sure @Lilliburlero enjoyed quite as much he'd been suffering in silence for a few miles but managed to get round 
was underdressed but hopefully it would warm up , at the last minute I decide of to grab my ear warming headband . Got to first meeting point at Cossington .Had to stop to put lights on crossing the river due to a thick mist . @Supersuperleeds rolls in and says where your helmet . I'd forgotten it but with my headband on I hadn't noticed . Where on our way to second meeting point at Wymeswold saw @Lilliburlero doing some loops of the village he'd misjudged the distance got there early and was doing extra miles as he and @Supersuperleeds were going for 200km . @tallliman rolled in just before meeting time he's normally early . He was not feeling up to a long ride but had come out to see if he ride into it . We set off at a relaxed pace but at the next village he decided to bail . The routes first get out would have been been Newark at about 50 miles and he didn't want to push it so he headed home and still got 20 miles in .He was dissapponted but probably the correct decision .So the 3 of us heading east roughly following the A46 to Newark . Then we started a dog legging route to grab some Veloviewer squares . Rolled into the cafe at Dry Donnington a giant concept store I am begining to look at new bikes and giants are top of the list . First bike I greeted by is a 2018 TCR with £800 pound off but thankfully for my credit card it was a size to small . Service at the cafe was slow we were stopped for nearly an hour .Back on the bikes a couple of dead ends and 1 grass footpath for squares for me and @Supersuperleeds ,@Lilliburlero has yet to get this obsession so had a few rests while he waited for us . Then comes the cliff a long steep ridge then runs across the county and we have to always climb it. Yes Lincolnshire is not completely flat .The climb followed a normal pattern @Supersuperleeds in front in the big ring me following in the little ring spinning @Lilliburlero just getting up it . Halfway up @Supersuperleeds drops into his little ring and I slowly reel him in and crest first . We really drop @Lilliburlero so we waited at the top . At every junction it seem we kept turning away from Lincoln at 1 point Lincoln was 6.5 miles away and we had 40 to go . The terrain was definitely more rolling now and @Lilliburlero was struggling on every incline so a pattern of @Supersuperleeds in the front me dropping back and pacing @Lilliburlero back on continued for a few miles . Then we finally turned for Lincoln but into a headwind . @Supersuperleeds setting the pace on the front . I couldn't speed up to pass so told @Supersuperleeds to peel off when he wanted a rest which he did I tried to keep the same pace but as @Supersuperleeds dropped to the back @Lilliburlero lost my wheel and about a mile later I realised I'd lost them . Stopped and could see them in the distance at a bus shelter . Head back and @Lilliburlero was administering emergency chocolate and just wanted a quick break . Thankfully we had plenty of time for the train . Off again relaxing the pace a bit just 6 miles to go so we dragged him to the station . 114 miles for me at 16.8 mph so we weren't hanging about ,130+ for @Supersuperleeds and 126 for @Lilliburlero so targets achieved . Quick trip to Costa for a coffee which @Lilliburlero treated us too cheers buddy .Shared train train journey to Nottingham where we parted company on 3 separate trains ,@Supersuperleeds could waited we with me for my train but as he said he didn't like me that much and went for an early train which didn't stop at my station . Finally rolled into home after another 11 miles from the station some 12 hours after I had left a long day . Another lovely ride in great company and weather did warm up enough for me not to be underdressed . Not sure @Lilliburlero enjoyed quite as much he'd been suffering in silence for a few miles but managed to get round
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Lilliburlero
Pro sandbagger
- Location
- South Derbyshire
Another late write up sorry Sundays ride . @tallliman had planned a 110 mile Leicester to Lincoln with a loop around the top of Lincoln so shortcuts could be taken if required . @tallliman has been under the weather of late and was worried about fitness .Out the door at 0710 it's a bit chilly
You have no idea of how much I wanted to head off on my own to the station after i`d hit the 100 mile mark
, I was proper knackered 
.Thanks again for getting me through it lads
Jon George
Mamil and couldn't care less
- Location
- Suffolk an' Good
I've been suffering from a cold that has caused a mild lung infection, but this weather is too appealing to stop in, feeling sorry for myself, so I decided to try for my October 50 km.
Ten minutes in, and I realised there I was being too ambitious and reduced the ride to a twenty mile bimble around the countryside immediately north of Ipswich. I have become a fan of bridleways and managed to sneak one in between Claydon and Thurleston, and one between Tuddenham and Rushmere.
This from the first bridleway (it looks like spring!):-
And from the bridleway connecting Tuddenham and Rushmere :-
Ten minutes in, and I realised there I was being too ambitious and reduced the ride to a twenty mile bimble around the countryside immediately north of Ipswich. I have become a fan of bridleways and managed to sneak one in between Claydon and Thurleston, and one between Tuddenham and Rushmere.
This from the first bridleway (it looks like spring!):-
And from the bridleway connecting Tuddenham and Rushmere :-
welsh dragon
Thanks but no thanks. I think I'll pass.
Afternoon. 27 miles for me in wonderful weather. Warm and sunny with a slight breeze most of the ride but a nasty headwind on the A470 on the way back. Spent some time Yacking to my son and a local farmer who stopped to ask me if i had seen any stay sheep on my travels.
Today is Market day in Mach and it was heaving because of the nice weather. I went Into the church in Mach as well. I do like looking around graveyards.
I also saw kids from the local school having cycling proficiency lessons as well and they all had bit smiles on their faces.
Today is Market day in Mach and it was heaving because of the nice weather. I went Into the church in Mach as well. I do like looking around graveyards.
I also saw kids from the local school having cycling proficiency lessons as well and they all had bit smiles on their faces.
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- Location
- Shrewsbury, Shropshire
Out this morning on a 30 mile loop: Lyth Hill, Condover, Cross Houses, Attingham Park, Upton Forge, Wroxeter, Cressage, Acton Burnell, Cantlop and back via Condover again.
Lots of
but also lots of mist about so not much in the way of views today. The legs didn't seem to have much energy in them today so I was slower than I'd expected and I had a scary moment when a wasp hit me in the face just below the left eye (one time I'm glad of having glasses). I managed to flick it away without getting stug fortunately but it left me rattled for a bit.
The rest of the ride was all pretty uneventful and the easterly wind helped speed things along towards the end.
30.6 miles at 14.4 mph average
Sorry, the photos are all a bit unimaginative today:
A couple of shots in Attingham Park to show off the conditions.
A favoured viewpoint between Wroxeter and Cressage. No chance of seeing the hills in the background this morning.
Lots of
but also lots of mist about so not much in the way of views today. The legs didn't seem to have much energy in them today so I was slower than I'd expected and I had a scary moment when a wasp hit me in the face just below the left eye (one time I'm glad of having glasses). I managed to flick it away without getting stug fortunately but it left me rattled for a bit.The rest of the ride was all pretty uneventful and the easterly wind helped speed things along towards the end.
30.6 miles at 14.4 mph average
Sorry, the photos are all a bit unimaginative today:
A couple of shots in Attingham Park to show off the conditions.
A favoured viewpoint between Wroxeter and Cressage. No chance of seeing the hills in the background this morning.
twentysix by twentyfive
Clinging on tightly
- Location
- Over the Hill
We were given a lovely summer's day today. Warm and sunny. Lovely stuff. Jules H, Pete M and Rich B were assembling in Upton by the time I made it over there. The call was Hailes Abbey so we took a fairly standard run out by the Hams and Deerhurst. Rich is just getting back to it so he peeled off for Tewkesbury at Tredington. We three then took the usual "three G's" to pause at Winchcombe station for any steam loco activity that may be occuring. None was so we powered after and caught a Worcs St John's peloton on the Broadway road before we turned to ramp up to the cafe at Hayles Fruit Farm.
We took a standard run back over to Ashton-under-Hill and Eckington. We took in Defford village for a change. We were parting with Jules at Ryall when we answered the call from a punctured rider (who'd used two spare tubes already) for a spare. Jules was first on the draw. Pete and I took the routine way back to complete a superb ride out on an absolutely glorious day. 75 smiles
We took a standard run back over to Ashton-under-Hill and Eckington. We took in Defford village for a change. We were parting with Jules at Ryall when we answered the call from a punctured rider (who'd used two spare tubes already) for a spare. Jules was first on the draw. Pete and I took the routine way back to complete a superb ride out on an absolutely glorious day. 75 smiles
