Your ride today....

[Katherine]

Another windy ride in the afternoon sunshine!
Short of time, so a straight run to Haydock on the East Lancs cycle path and back.
I love watching the changing landscape as the fields become a body of swaying crops.

 

[Katherine]

[QUOTE 3706993, member: 9609"]is that winter barley ? so much further on than here, ours still looks like thick tall green grass, the heads haven't really formed yet., it is always interesting seeing pictures from different parts of the country and noting how the latitude just within the uk makes such a difference.[/QUOTE]

I think so. I love the way the heads catch the light.

 

[Katherine]

[QUOTE 3707064, member: 9609"]don't get much winter barley round here, it is very much a spring crop harvested aug / sept - it always reminds me of that wonderful eva cassidy song when the setting sun catches it on warm summer evenings[/QUOTE]

I was singing it to myself yesterday! - as there were a few fields like the one above but most of the fields I passed are bright with oil-seed rape.
I have busy traffic on one side of me and fields, grass verges and hedges on the other, until I get closer to home, then it's houses and gardens. No big hills, just up and over a canal and a railway line.

 

[djb1971]

Another windy ride in the afternoon sunshine!
Short of time, so a straight run to Haydock on the East Lancs cycle path and back.
I love watching the changing landscape as the fields become a body of swaying crops.

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lucky the bike wasn't in that shot, you'd have won the cc comp. clever thinking

 

[SpaCyclist]

Ride,what ride i ask.Seven miles out near Bramhope,i just thought sod this for a game of soldiers.I was on my way to Otley for a bacon sarnie and two lattes for afternoon lunch.When with no energy,no get up and go,nothing in the legs,i turned the bike around and off home i went.
If this continues i will have to go see the Doc,something is wrong,tired,lethargic,fed up and craving sugary sweet food.15 miles all in all.

Hope you're back to being able to do more soon.

 

[robjh]

I did my first summer evening ride yesterday, heading out from Coventry after work and riding down to Edgehill, which is a long ridge of high land to the west of Banbury, with a short but sharp escarpment on its west side arond the village of Tysoe, that offers several good climbs.
I left work about 5, went down through Leamington and across to Kineton, and was on the first climb past Compton Winyates by about 7. I zig-zagged northwards up and down the ridge with two and a half climbs and two descents, before heading back up across the A423 towards Napton on the Hill, and the couple more miles to my weekday base, where I arrived back still in the last daylight at 9pm. The views from the ridge in the golden evening light were quite something, but sadly no pics. There were quite a few other cyclists about, especially around Edgehill - I'm not the only one who enjoys this ride on a summer evening.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

Brilliant - thanks!

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Took this yesterday evening near North Creake while out owl spotting. It was quite a display.

WOW, I don't think I have ever seen a field like that before. It is beautiful. Thank you.

 

[User19783]

Just had my first ride since completing my ride from st.David's to lowestoft, last weekend, which was a three day and 380 miles chore, I am not going to post that ride as I didn't enjoy it,

but today was a great ride on my fixed wheel, only 65 miles, in the rain, but what joy, I even had a puncture, my first one for years, glad I remembered how to change a tube,

Check out my 65.8 mi Ride on Strava: http://app.strava.com/activities/309384131

 

[Jon George]

Just for you lovely people, I made a detour today on a 20 mile pootle to take a pic of the River Deben at Waldringfield.

 

[MiK1138]

cut short due to broken shifter not happy

 

[Elybazza61]

Bit late with these but had a few good rides over the last few days,not anything over long but giving it some beans on some of them so was feeling it a bit this morning.

No club run tomorrow as I'm dahn in that Lahnden but may get out over the BH week-end and push past 200k for the week.

https://www.strava.com/activities/307420046

https://www.strava.com/activities/308021300

https://www.strava.com/activities/308306477

https://www.strava.com/activities/308653553

https://www.strava.com/activities/308875175

 

[cosmicbike]

Inset day for the kids, and since I'm still off work a bike ride was requested by my lad. Since my daughter was off round a friends for the day it was decided that a longer ride (for my lad) was in order, but had to include Monks Walk along the back of Thorpe Park. So we did that, then round Laleham Golf Club where the ball whackers were out enjoying the weather, before going back down Monks Walk, stopping to watch the screamers..

A brief drink stop and Haribos, 8 miles at this point.
We continued through Thorpe, Thorpe Green, Stroud and then through Egham, back to Staines and home. Total of 17 miles, his longest ride so far, and brings him to 126 miles for the year, so on target for the 300 miles he set himself. Needless to say he fell asleep in the car on the shopping trip later this afternoon. Really, really enjoyed this one, fantastic way to spend some time with my boy.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Just the commute today but gets a mention because Doug decided to accompany me as far as work then make his way back another way.

We set out a little early so as not to have to rush too much and once past the first main road section had a pleasant ride through the lanes. It's nice and warm out so this was the first morning commute in shorts and t-shirt for me.

We made pretty good time so were able to take a small detour through Attingham Park (much nicer than sticking to the main road) then rejoined my regular route through Upton Forge, arriving at my work to find the waste cardboard had just been collected and I'd just missed out on helping to load about a ton of it into the van. What a shame.

A genuine disappointment on the ride was that despite going at a gentler pace than usual, my knee is still aching on this bike. After seeing Doug off I decided to tweak the saddle higher just a fraction (no more than 3mm) and see if that helped.

For the return trip I set out into a brisk headwind but it seemed easier to ride against it than usual (good start ). No problems on the gentle climb through Upton Magna either. I paused to chat with a chap I regularly see out walking his dog on the path to Sundorne before continuing and finding that the rest of the ride really did seem easier this evening. A small adjustment appears to have made a big difference

22.15 miles with 13.4 average for the round trip. Happy with that.

Doug in Attingham Park......

....and yours truely. I do pull some odd faces in photos.

 

[PeteXXX]

Due to w*rk, I've not really had the chance to get out since last Sunday
Yesterdays ride, posted today, as usual.

Just a quick ride around the lanes, up to Cogenhoe, towards Castle Ashby and Grendon Lakes.

Quite a few folk out fishing there yesterday. I wouldn't fancy taking that rowing boat out too far though!

I had time to pop into one of my local haunts, in Earls Barton, and grab some Lemon Curd cake and a mug of tea.

Whilst wiping the bike down, I did watch the starlings mugging the bird feeder for the stale pork pies on it! Lovely to watch them feeding their young.

Back home in time for lunch and a shower before commencing my labours... on 17 miles. Would have loved to do more, but sadly, it wasn't to be..


https://www.strava.com/activities/309343063

 

[Supersuperleeds]

I needed to go to the bank this morning which is a round trip of less than three miles.

"I can't do just three miles, not worth going out for, I know I'll go this way and do 5 miles," I think. Come to a junction, "Mmmm, if I go this way it will make it about 8 miles." Next junction "This way will make it 10." and so on and so on, ended up doing 22 miles

Got home and cut the grass so now I'm in the good books, won't last long though.