I’ve reached an age when a career was something that stopped happening a long time ago and now I have a job, Which is contracting meaning I can manage my own time. Or to put it another way, go riding mostly when I want.

It’s been pretty wet and manky in the FoD with all the rain, but this week it’s improved massively. Wednesday night ride started at 6:45 and finished at 9:30 as the sun was setting. Thursday was a jaunt to the other side of the FOD where all the new trails were dying out nicely and today a fairly epic 1000 climbing/descending in the Malverns.

I guess the summary is every day I’m in an office and it’s summer outside, I wish I was riding my bike. This week I pretty much nailed it 🙂

[url=https://flic.kr/p/VANwtC]Hello Ladies![/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/UBYE3i]Ride. Pub. Beer[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/VRzbFk]Summer is here[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

[url=https://flic.kr/p/UBYD4V]Flies like us..[/url] by Alex Leigh, on Flickr

Wrote a thing: http://pickled-hedgehog.com/?p=3865

Anyone else maintaining an ‘appropriate work/life balance’ while the sun is shining?

Finished work at 16:00 yesterday, then knocked out a 70 mile road ride with 1800m of ascent around the Brecon Beacons.

Home before it was dark, hot tub, barbecued lamb steaks for recovery food.

Was riding too fast to take photos

I’m sure I used to take more photos before Strava. Either that or I’m far too much fun to stop on a descent and get some proper riding pics. Big day out tomorrow again so best get a few more in case we have one of those summers when blue sky and sunshine becomes a distant memory!