sevenfourate
Devotee of OCD
- Location
- Lowestoft, Suffolk
It’s er…..VERY Purple isn’t it ! And gorgeous with it 😉
Your ride today....
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It’s er…..VERY Purple isn’t it ! And gorgeous with it 😉
Mburton1993
Über Member
- Location
- Stalybridge
Ride to 16 Arches (Reddish Vale).
A Nice day to start riding again.
A Nice day to start riding again.
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
Just a wander around local lanes trying to avoid the holiday traffic.
Finished with a cheeky pint at The Dolphin!
https://www.strava.com/activities/8848866424
Finished with a cheeky pint at The Dolphin!
https://www.strava.com/activities/8848866424
Good Friday, good weather, good ride. Headed out to the Dales for the first ride of April. Out along Mewith Lane, one of those that cuts across the grain of the land and you end up going up and down each tributary stream, through Clapham, Austwick and Wharf before stopping to admire Penyghent. Had a look at Stainforth falls, a respite ahead of the long climb to Malham Tarn. Descended by the Cove road avoiding walkers to Malham village for a coffee. Lots of visitors brought out by the good weather. Escaped the throngs up to the easterly route to the Tarn and spent time on the plateau. Then the white knuckle descent toward Langcliffe and a late lunch in Settle Which was also heaving with visitors. Quiet and tired route home, through the Tolkeinesque Eldroth, then some contemplative restful time in Keasden church. 117 km with 1700 m of climbing.
Pictures of Ingleborough, Penyghent, Malham Cove and the start of the descent to Settle.
Pictures of Ingleborough, Penyghent, Malham Cove and the start of the descent to Settle.
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roubaixtuesday
self serving virtue signaller
Lovely all day ride in the Spring sunshine, the orchards and hedgerows of Cheshire frosted in vernal blossom.
Snack stop next a duck pond:
Lunch in an old orchard above Frodsham:
Cake at a café near Davenham on the way home, now enjoying a beer in the garden.
No feats of derring do, no great adventures, just a lovely spring day out, 66 miles all told.
Snack stop next a duck pond:
Lunch in an old orchard above Frodsham:
Cake at a café near Davenham on the way home, now enjoying a beer in the garden.
No feats of derring do, no great adventures, just a lovely spring day out, 66 miles all told.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
Im not jealous !!
On lates last night so rode home as usual so today i took mini ck 2 bike to the lbs who said i needed to basically twat the v brake arm off so i sorted that out with a lot of percussive maintenance, sanding of rusty bits and lubing then took the family to the local forestry centre for a walk and cuppa , then gardening and now by the time tea has settled its too late for a ride .
I have satisfied the itch by settings the goal of sorting out the "best" bike ready to ride as the weekend awaits .
On lates last night so rode home as usual so today i took mini ck 2 bike to the lbs who said i needed to basically twat the v brake arm off so i sorted that out with a lot of percussive maintenance, sanding of rusty bits and lubing then took the family to the local forestry centre for a walk and cuppa , then gardening and now by the time tea has settled its too late for a ride .
I have satisfied the itch by settings the goal of sorting out the "best" bike ready to ride as the weekend awaits .
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
Out the door about 06:15 and it is cold, cars got a good layer of ice on the roof, I'm in full winter kit - base layer, short sleeved top, jacket, windproof outer shell. Woolly hat, neck warmer and full gloves.
I had two routes planned, first 30 miles identical on them both, so I select the longer route as I know I'm a lazy sod and wouldn't stop to change it at the 30 mile point.
I get to 40 miles and decide I am overdressed, so I stop at the side of the (busy) road and strip off, base layer and jacket go in the rucksack, neck warmer gone. Woolly hat switched to a cap and full gloves switched for fingerless with thin woolly gloves over the top.
I go and grab some veloviewer squares and around 65 miles stop at McDonald's for breakfast, at this point the outer shell and woolly gloves go and the specs are swapped for the sunglasses. I've gone from full winter mode to full summer mode (top half anyway)
I get within 10 miles of home and the nice flat route I had planned down the canal and through a park was shelved as the first bit I needed to use was closed, so I had to detour the hillier (but shorter) way - not what my legs wanted. It did give me the opportunity to stop at Tesco and grab a sandwich, which got stuffed (just!) into the now full rucksack and I stopped in Abbey Park to eat it - now 5ish miles from home.
Getting close to home and I realise that I won't hit my target distance due to the detour, so loop round the estate and get home on just over 115 miles.
https://www.strava.com/activities/8847972236
I had two routes planned, first 30 miles identical on them both, so I select the longer route as I know I'm a lazy sod and wouldn't stop to change it at the 30 mile point.
I get to 40 miles and decide I am overdressed, so I stop at the side of the (busy) road and strip off, base layer and jacket go in the rucksack, neck warmer gone. Woolly hat switched to a cap and full gloves switched for fingerless with thin woolly gloves over the top.
I go and grab some veloviewer squares and around 65 miles stop at McDonald's for breakfast, at this point the outer shell and woolly gloves go and the specs are swapped for the sunglasses. I've gone from full winter mode to full summer mode (top half anyway)
I get within 10 miles of home and the nice flat route I had planned down the canal and through a park was shelved as the first bit I needed to use was closed, so I had to detour the hillier (but shorter) way - not what my legs wanted. It did give me the opportunity to stop at Tesco and grab a sandwich, which got stuffed (just!) into the now full rucksack and I stopped in Abbey Park to eat it - now 5ish miles from home.
Getting close to home and I realise that I won't hit my target distance due to the detour, so loop round the estate and get home on just over 115 miles.
https://www.strava.com/activities/8847972236
Two uninteresting and pictorally-vacuous rides..
Tuesday night: On the fence about a pre-pub ride due to the immensely unpleasant saddle sore on my left cheek; tipped over the edge by the beautiful evening weather. Bit chilly but off I went on the faithful Routier down the tow path in my inappropriate poloneck and wooly hat. The sun had brought out a lot of folk but they were negotiated without incident. Into town and I finally stopped on cornmarket to remove some layers.. hat in thigh pockets of combats but nowhere for my jumper other than on my back with the arms over my shoulders and tied over my chest like a boat-knob.
Wiggled through town a bit then back out East via the Iffley road. Some things probably happened but they were of insufficient consequence for me to remember them now; other than seeing a rat scuttle across the cycle path at some point. Later at the pub the local CC arrived; all riding placcy apart from one chap on a nice looking steel Mercian - who retrospectively should have got some recognition for that.
On to today.. Almost got out on the Boardman after giving it a little TLC last night; however didn't really feel like smashing it thanks to carb-withdrawl malaise, achey legs from 10ish miles walked yesterday and the desire to go t'shops. Grabbed the Fuji as usual; first stop being the bottle bank with two pannier bags' worth of Peroni bottles emptied down their insatiable furry portholes..
Onward via the poorly-surfaced gated road and into the town called malice via the suprisingly (mostly) not-cack segregated cycle path. Minced around town for a bit before nipping into Sainsburys - thought I'd missed closing being a bank holiday but thought I'd check anyway and was pleasantly surprised. Once inside I was disappointed by the lack of reduced bargains; this made up for largely by getting a smile from a sublimely hot girl who rumbled my staring at her like I'd been hit in the head with a rock..
Spoils bagged and I was back outside unlocking the bike when it got another compliment - this time from a middle-aged woman who was also freeing her BSO from the rack. My reply was that it's all good as long as it does the job, and that it's great to see someone else doing the shopping on two wheels
Back to the village of the damned and a brief stop at the co-op yielded a bit of reduced veg and a four pack of Heiniken, since all of the decent bottled lagers were, unsurprisingly out of stock.
Ultimately a shade under 23.5 miles and around 900ft at a leisurely 10.6mph and 116bpm for a bit under 1100kcal burned. Very happy to get out, everyone seemed in a great mood because of the sun / holiday and it was great just to be floating about amongst it with some vague sense of purpose
I think nearly every interaction had with anyone today was overhwhelmingly happy and positive - just shows what the sun does to our national consciousness.. the only exception was the bloke in a mini pulling out of a junction across me (not dangerously, just close enough to be concerning / irritating) - again though the sun won as his soft-top was down; allowing him to hear me calling a bellend from about three feet away
Tuesday night: On the fence about a pre-pub ride due to the immensely unpleasant saddle sore on my left cheek; tipped over the edge by the beautiful evening weather. Bit chilly but off I went on the faithful Routier down the tow path in my inappropriate poloneck and wooly hat. The sun had brought out a lot of folk but they were negotiated without incident. Into town and I finally stopped on cornmarket to remove some layers.. hat in thigh pockets of combats but nowhere for my jumper other than on my back with the arms over my shoulders and tied over my chest like a boat-knob.
Wiggled through town a bit then back out East via the Iffley road. Some things probably happened but they were of insufficient consequence for me to remember them now; other than seeing a rat scuttle across the cycle path at some point. Later at the pub the local CC arrived; all riding placcy apart from one chap on a nice looking steel Mercian - who retrospectively should have got some recognition for that.
On to today.. Almost got out on the Boardman after giving it a little TLC last night; however didn't really feel like smashing it thanks to carb-withdrawl malaise, achey legs from 10ish miles walked yesterday and the desire to go t'shops. Grabbed the Fuji as usual; first stop being the bottle bank with two pannier bags' worth of Peroni bottles emptied down their insatiable furry portholes..
Onward via the poorly-surfaced gated road and into the town called malice via the suprisingly (mostly) not-cack segregated cycle path. Minced around town for a bit before nipping into Sainsburys - thought I'd missed closing being a bank holiday but thought I'd check anyway and was pleasantly surprised. Once inside I was disappointed by the lack of reduced bargains; this made up for largely by getting a smile from a sublimely hot girl who rumbled my staring at her like I'd been hit in the head with a rock..
Spoils bagged and I was back outside unlocking the bike when it got another compliment - this time from a middle-aged woman who was also freeing her BSO from the rack. My reply was that it's all good as long as it does the job, and that it's great to see someone else doing the shopping on two wheels
Back to the village of the damned and a brief stop at the co-op yielded a bit of reduced veg and a four pack of Heiniken, since all of the decent bottled lagers were, unsurprisingly out of stock.
Ultimately a shade under 23.5 miles and around 900ft at a leisurely 10.6mph and 116bpm for a bit under 1100kcal burned. Very happy to get out, everyone seemed in a great mood because of the sun / holiday and it was great just to be floating about amongst it with some vague sense of purpose
I think nearly every interaction had with anyone today was overhwhelmingly happy and positive - just shows what the sun does to our national consciousness.. the only exception was the bloke in a mini pulling out of a junction across me (not dangerously, just close enough to be concerning / irritating) - again though the sun won as his soft-top was down; allowing him to hear me calling a bellend from about three feet away
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Lovely near 50 miler to West Kirby and back, today. I'm desperately unfit, so really felt it, especially to legs, mainly calves. One of the lads had a puncture (shout out to the excellent bike shop in Neston for the help) and we weren't in a rush to get round. It would have been further, but Muggins here was struggling and had to get back.
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
I've not done that in a while but given the 🌞 I decided to head to the refurbished Cafe Ventoux. I planned to go round by the far side and then cut back to Cafe Ventoux. As I was cutting back though I spotted another cafe (Northern Cobbler) and stopped there instead.
Lol, Getting the camera out there was probably a mistake; I got a bit snap happy in the Good Friday Sun.
A good view spoiled:
The other side of the car park (still not great):
Over the gate is better:
More pics:
Cafe Ventoux (not for the cafe but the route is good)
Its (Cafe Ventoux) has got a slightly better view:
A bench in the middle of the countryside?
Now I know why:
Its warmed up nicely, lets divert by the Watertower
After the diversion I'm here again (albeit the other side)
A diversion to Yarwell to make the ton:
The obligatory Selfie:
The unspoiled view (without the idiot in the red):
Nearly home:
One more Selfie:
Official Licence to get drunk:
The Route:
Lol, Getting the camera out there was probably a mistake; I got a bit snap happy in the Good Friday Sun.
A good view spoiled:
The other side of the car park (still not great):
Over the gate is better:
More pics:
Cafe Ventoux (not for the cafe but the route is good)
Its (Cafe Ventoux) has got a slightly better view:
A bench in the middle of the countryside?
Now I know why:
Its warmed up nicely, lets divert by the Watertower
After the diversion I'm here again (albeit the other side)
A diversion to Yarwell to make the ton:
The obligatory Selfie:
The unspoiled view (without the idiot in the red):
Nearly home:
One more Selfie:
Official Licence to get drunk:
The Route:
HLaB
Marie Attoinette Fan
On Harborough Rd not far from the Rolleston Rd junction.
Northern Cobbler Coffee Roasters
0116 259 6965
https://maps.app.goo.gl/ubf8LYWKnJ1DEdDn6
A woman there told me that the relaunched Cafe Ventoux is too restauranty now and her next club meet will be there (The Northern Cobbler)
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
i was thinking of a trip to ventoux to look, i thought the old one was a bit overated anyway but its a good ride for me
Dave 123
Legendary Member
- Location
- Cambridgeshire alps
My homeland. I wonder if I’ll ever get back there….?
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
Nothing special for today - firstly a morning 10 mile loop to drop off some empties at the bottle bank and then on to do a bit of shopping, then an afternoon ride to get the April qualifier in for the 2003 half century challenge in a surprisingly cold and stiff northerly breeze.
The most remarkable aspect of both rides was...where the hell did all the cyclists come from today? I've not seen so many people out on bikes for a very long time.
The most remarkable aspect of both rides was...where the hell did all the cyclists come from today? I've not seen so many people out on bikes for a very long time.
