Your ride today....

[EltonFrog]

@Stonechat a like for the ride, I'm sorry to hear about your mum, my condolences.

 

[Katherine]

Its good to hear a positive story about cycling in Cornwall. I'm thinking about taking a bike down when we go on holiday next month, but I'm put off by the thought of steep climbs and busy narrow roads.

You can't escape from the steep climbs, I'm afraid, but it's keeping my legs going. I'm being careful about the time of day as well to avoid the busy roads.

 

[Katherine]

@Stonechat Sorry to hear about your mum.

 

[Stonechat]

Thanks for the comments and kind thoughts

Being Wednesday today, I dealt with life's stresses the way I usually do by going out for a ride.

As my main targets in the next couple of months have lots of hills, I tackled hills today.
Hills round here are not so I aimed for Prune Hill, Tite Hill, Priest Hill, and Crimp Hill three times each.

When I finished it later I discovered that I can't count and only did Priest Hill twice (Well I did go down it three times!);p

Still when I compare how I did today with the first time I tried to go up Tite Hill about three years ago, I had to stop halfway up, now it's fairly routine
I could go on doing those hill ascents, but it gets a bit boring!


The big ride next is the Haywards Heath Howler
Over 100 miles and ovre 7000 feet climbingThen in September it's Mt Ventoux.

No speed records today
31.4 miles with 2100 feet of climbing
This is not Cornwall or Cumbria - cycled both, so that's as high a climbing ratio as I can get round here

Ave speed 14.3 mph

And suprisinglyalthough I can feels Sunday's effort in my legs, it did not affect my cycling

https://www.strava.com/activities/655132576/

Think I will dedicate the HH Howler to the memory of Mum

 

[AnneW]

At the end of the ride we were passing Nursing home where mum is so I called in to see her
I knew she did not have long left, however it was a shock later that evening to get the call that she had passed away.
very sad and I miss her.

So will try to keep up riding but I have stuff to do now to sort out her affairs etc

Stonechat, really sorry about your Mum. Take care of yourself.

 

[EltonFrog]

An out and back to Oxford via Abingdon and Radley and Sutton Courtney on the way back. It was my intention to have a pie from the Pieminister shop in the covered market but I forgot my lock so i had to make do with two mediocre sausage rolls from a courtyard cafe, 34.26 miles mostly quiet ish roads.

 

[Rickshaw Phil]

Have not reported yet on Sunday's ride

One of the longest club rides to Newdigate, visiting farm shop with cafe, popular with cyclists.

Went by a rather circuitous route up Green Dene, and down Combe Lane.

A couple of the riders wanted to go back more quickly rirect to particular destination, so leafer took them and others were left to do leading and setting the pace. This is where it start to go wrong. Some way having left we noticed we were heading soouth. Noone really knew the roads so we north until we saw Box Hill in the distance.
Skirted round Dorking and Went back

With the long route and having got lost, also I did 3 or 4 miles before the start, it was longest82.5 miles.

The pace on the way was OK and not too demanding., Pace on return was higher and not so even, so was struggling to keep up at times

Anyway ended up with 83.1 miles at 16.0 miles per hour
3169 feet climbed

At the end of the ride we were passing Nursing home where mum is so I called in to see her
I knew she did not have long left, however it was a shock later that evening to get the call that she had passed away.
very sad and I miss her.

So will try to keep up riding but I have stuff to do now to sort out her affairs etc

A like for the ride report and condolences from me too.

 

[Mrs M]

Have not reported yet on Sunday's ride

One of the longest club rides to Newdigate, visiting farm shop with cafe, popular with cyclists.

Went by a rather circuitous route up Green Dene, and down Combe Lane.

A couple of the riders wanted to go back more quickly rirect to particular destination, so leafer took them and others were left to do leading and setting the pace. This is where it start to go wrong. Some way having left we noticed we were heading soouth. Noone really knew the roads so we north until we saw Box Hill in the distance.
Skirted round Dorking and Went back

With the long route and having got lost, also I did 3 or 4 miles before the start, it was longest82.5 miles.

The pace on the way was OK and not too demanding., Pace on return was higher and not so even, so was struggling to keep up at times

Anyway ended up with 83.1 miles at 16.0 miles per hour
3169 feet climbed

At the end of the ride we were passing Nursing home where mum is so I called in to see her
I knew she did not have long left, however it was a shock later that evening to get the call that she had passed away.
very sad and I miss her.

So will try to keep up riding but I have stuff to do now to sort out her affairs etc

Sorry to hear about your mum, best wishes

 

[Dave 123]

Mrs Dave is away working in Germany, and although I'm a bit cream crackered this evening I couldn't resist getting the bike out.
It was just a Gransdens loop done at a sedate pace, but enjoyable none the less.
Saw some lovely goldfinches, resplendent in the sunshine, and some gliders up on high.
Breezy and bright round here this evening. Harvesting is well under way. Coming back through Longstowe I got a mouthful and eyes full of chaff, despite closing both... Bloody farmers!

Rain due tomorrow pm, that'll slow 'em up!

https://www.strava.com/activities/655539838

Thinking kind thoughts about you @Stonechat . Hope you're ok.

 

[rich p]

I went out on the lanes of Sussex and got held up by a hay lorry trailer that had keeled over and blocked the road near Streat.
Later I passed a village called Piltdown which had random, fairly life-like scarecrows in the undergrowth. I thought the first one was a corpse.
Didn't take any photos so a pretty rubbish post, all in all!

 

[Dave 123]

I went out on the lanes of Sussex and got held up by a hay lorry trailer that had keeled over and blocked the road near Streat.
Later I passed a village called Piltdown which had random, fairly life-like scarecrows in the undergrowth. I thought the first one was a corpse.
Didn't take any photos so a pretty rubbish post, all in all!

Bet that was the last straw....

 

[midlife]

I went out on the lanes of Sussex and got held up by a hay lorry trailer that had keeled over and blocked the road near Streat.
Later I passed a village called Piltdown which had random, fairly life-like scarecrows in the undergrowth. I thought the first one was a corpse.
Didn't take any photos so a pretty rubbish post, all in all!

Piltdown as in Piltdown Man?

Shaun

 

[PeteXXX]

Yesterdays ride, as per usual..
With a couple of hours to spare before the grandkids came round to be 'looked after' twixt future son in law starting work and No1 daughter finishing work, I decided on a shortish ride to Pitsford Reservoir and back.

The flying bugs were out in their squillions, but I was prepared for them... Ha!! Bit tricky eating the ice cream though

Onwards from there, I manged to avoid the idiots that drive in Moulton village (it's not often that someone doesn't attempt to kill me in Moulton!) and get home just in time for the onslaught.

Across the fields and down Cut Throat Lane and home.

Back on 21 miles in lovely weather, just like Goldilocks porage. Not too hot, and not too cold.

https://www.strava.com/activities/653887681

 

[PeteXXX]

Bet that was the last straw....

Hay! is that supposed to be a joke?

 

[Dave 123]

Hay! is that supposed to be a joke?

I was arrested for telling a joke like that once.
They let me out on bale...