Ashover local spin from yesterday.
Ah, the Poets - grand pub, especially in winter with the fire roaring and plenty of hounds on walks. The Sunday carvery is decent too
A local overnighter to shakedown my kit before starting the Rebellion way a week tomorrow. Stunning evening. Air full of skylarks and the field I was in had several roe deer browsing in it. Pitching near an obvious badger set was probably a mistake, as their snuffling and grunting kept me awake. That and the "fizzy legs" from riding through nettles!
Morning spin around the trail centre in spectacular winter weather with a headtorch start. The wet has brought out the "leech-a-like" worms and I managed to pick up a couple of juicy ones.
And of course the photos are too big … until later probably
Just a couple from extended commutes this week ...
lo and behold my photo has miraculously shrunk!
this one was huge and sticky but is all scrunched up in the photo.
In the South Tyrol riding e-bike "tours" for a week. Yesterday was forecasted wet and didn't disappoint. Still got over 800m climb/descend before hooning it back to the hotel before the thunder caught us on the hill. Some really interesting history here- including this anti aircraft barracks that shot down exactly one allied plane in five years!
Today after 12 hours of solid overnight rain, we had a 50km/2500m up/down tour including a 1000m gondola ride. It was definitely approaching epic 🙂
