@ready That's one of the directions I head for extra hills from Eastern Ipswich.
Anyhoo today's jaunt was out to Woodbridge, Easton and Debenham before heading home. This is the first pic of the series, there's a large panorama out Kenton way that should stay on Flickr as it's 15MB on it's own.
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A walk in East Lothian. You'd never guess, but it's quite windy in the place they built the windfarms:
Change of scenery:
Gave myself heat-stroke sunbathing on my "roof terrace" yesterday:
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This bugger snuck up on me while i was walking in the fields behind the house.
What bird is it.i saw one just the same some weeks back
Red Kite
Dusty as **** out there this morning.
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Third ride post covid and I think I'm past the worst. New bike is seriously fast. Managed to get a pr on my fave local descent. Great to be back out there. Although I found some trail sabotage on a cheeky section. Only the third time I've ridden it so I'll probably not bother again if people get that upset about it! Generally I avoid cheeky stuff so I can live without it.
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Nice wee run up the raiders road in galloway, passed numerous adders basking on the road
gorgeous out there today. Clarity of air, just right combination of heat and breeze, and smells of pine forest and sounds of bird song to assault all the senses. If I could bottle it up and sell it I would be a very rich man...
A little panorama from my descent. If you look closely in the far distance at about 11 o'clock you can just see me house 🙂
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Brilliant couple of hours at my (semi) local spot, covert woods. Trails are running the best they have been for ever.
Oakley DRT5 did it's job keeping the sweat out my eyes, new evoc hip pack kept me hydrated and not drenched in sweat.
Jeffsy looking resplendent in it's summer coat of dust.
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Only 10 miles/1500ft climbing, and I was properly rusty at the start - was getting back into the flow by the end though.
A couple from the other night I forgot to post, At the top with of cheddargorge it was a cracker
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Another dawn start for us. Wandered out to the Peak, parked up at Fox House and went for a play in Blacca Woods and back via Houndskirk Moor. Apart from a couple of joggers we saw no one. Sun was up but a cool breeze made it chapel hat peg weather.
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@Tracey that cannot be your daughter!  You must be wearing well, you look like sisters - thumbs up! 🙂
Anyway, a bit of a meh-mood ride for me today, but still it was very nice out:
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Thanks for the compliment 😉. I have two. We should have been going here on our next trip in a couple of weeks to Lake Garda and the Italian Alps but we pulled the plug on it last night
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Will be happy if when we can get off somewhere in the camper
Old fashioned XC ride today on some inappropriate bikes.
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More from me by following the link as there's panorama pics of spuds!
Pillory and stocks at Ufford Church
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Keeping to The Old Ways by [url= https://www.flickr.com/photos/mycams/ ]Mike Hams[/url], on Flickr
Local loop.
First time back on the bike for a while for me, and Woburn Sands was definitely living up to it's name today!
Bone dry blast out into the Dales this morning.
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followed by a stop-off at Bowland Knott for a sandwich and coke with the missus. From there it looked like a large chunk of Lancashire is on fire again (at least two large fires visible from there), presumably thanks to idiots with BBQs.
Didn't actually ride anywhere today, well if you exclude a bit of trackstand/endo turn practice on the patio, but found an hour to catch up with a bit of bike maintainance on my old fathful Zesty. Couple of new bearings, new gearcable, cleaned / bled the brakes and even found time to give her a quick wash, and she still scrubs up ok for an 8yo bike 🙂
Very warm in Essex today...
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Glen Doll on Saturday
I'm still working 4 day weeks so managed 2 Peak rides in the last couple of days, on my own Friday, with the Mrs today.
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Sweaty road ride today
Cooler day out on the motorbikes yesterday
On the way up yesterday
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On the way down today.
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Railway line at Broughton with the boys
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Followed by a pedal over to grizedale
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And a look at the resurfacing on parkamoor ☹️
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That's right ladies and Gentlemen, it's officially dust-o-clock round here!
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Weather is due to break (might have already) so a spin up to Loch Einich for a wee paddle.
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Lucky I had my mudguards on!
Lucky I had my mudguards on!
TBF - I got a very wet arse today.
But riding through a loch will do that!
Dear Deirdre
Her next door keeps giving me meaningful looks behind her partner's back.
First food not from our kitchen since lockdown started and, goodness, it was delicious... and as I'd ridden into St Andrews I could have a beer with it! 🙂
Want. So much want.
Horse burger??
