Stunning morning, and a 50 mile road circuit including Lake Vyrnwy

managed a 16.5 miler today... first time out on the bike for months now...

A short 20km ride before lunch (450m of hills though... Bloody W Yorks 😎)

Had short ride up to Baildon Moor just before sunset, very quiet and a bit cooler than during the day:-) Aren't bikes brilliant!


Tour of the Tay


Tunnel of doom, 10 minutes after this photo my crank arm came off.
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Road riding in London today- bit freaky, no cars and loads of people out on bikes enjoying themselves.


Don le jardin today innit

Saturday. 42k loop from the door, back lanes and a few bridleway/byway sections and a big chunk of Wenlock Edge. More Road miles than I prefer on a chunky trail bike but it was otherwise a perfect day. Birdsong, wildlife, perfect weather, stunning views, empty lanes and a solitary picnic enroute.





As they've not been getting much use we broke the Ebikes out today.
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Perfect crisp evening. Another top I'd never bothered to check out before.
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Race to get to the top of Blawith Knott before sunset, just made it!

The countryside is looking very green at the moment...
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Shropshire's Wandering Trig

This otherwise perfectly unremarkable trigpoint was built on Overley Hill, just north of The Wrekin. When the M54 was extended to form the (now-dual-carriageway) road from Wellington to Shrewsbury, they cut through Overley Hill and the trig had to go. Instead of being cast aside, it was rescued by an employee of a firm of surveyors who were involved in the road-building work, and has spent several years installed right outside their offices in Bayston Hill village near Shrewsbury; in the last couple of years they've relocated their operation to Telford, and it's now living in a shrubbery in the carpark of their new offices on a business park in Hadley. A well-travelled concrete trig pillar.

Sadly dead, probably hit by a car, but a really beautifully marked animal nonetheless and otherwise in prime condition as far as I could see
Up on the Ridgeway yesterday, looking towards Sparsholt Down. Great to be able to get out for both dog walks and rides now.



Ventured into the Urban Badlands yesterday
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Up on the Kent North Downs yesterday morning at one of the higher points (all 600ft of it), Holly Hill
Worth getting up early for.
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And a bit later on Bluebell Hill looking back over to Holly Hill and Wrotham
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Today’s short ride. Bumped into lots of people and everyone was happy and smiling. Great day to be out and about
Try to share from google photos is tricky

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My evening jaunts in the Pentlands have been a major contributor to my continued sanity in these trying times.
Took my Monkey for a paddle in the river today...
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Covid Minion
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Trip to LCS and LB(butcher)S

The Ridgeway, Fyfield Down and Sustrans route across the field to the right...

Love the Minion! 😁
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