I'd be a little nervous of taking an electric bike through that!

I did walk it through, hopping from tuft to tuft... 

 

Group ride again today, 18 miles, but someone did forget to start Wahoo 🙄

Possibly the muddiest/wet group ride yet.... although we had no rain 😄

The halfway stop made up for it though 😋

 

 

Looking at the reports from the UK it is a matter of getting out when you can between major storms at the moment. 'Damp' tracks are a given, but be careful around the trees.

I get a bit nervous around the eucalyptus trees here as they have a habit of dropping really big branches in winds or during high temperatures with little notice.

Last couple of days it has only been around 21 degrees max, when we usually expect double that around this time of year. Climate change is real and manifests in so many extreme ways.

An unplanned ride today, managed a few hrs free time so off out in the sun and a wander around on the Orbea

 

 

Group ride again today, sun trying it's best to stay out but still chilly

 

 

Unexpected day off, DHL / Curry's unable to organise the proverbial.... 

 

 

Old quarry, now a 4x4 playground

 

.... and a nice little reward... 

 

 

 

Another day off.... 

 

 

Spring is on its way.... 

 

 

Fuel stop... 

 

Group ride day.... 

 

there.... 

 

 

... and back

 

 

 

 

 

A muddy and branch collecting ride.... 

 

 

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Yay!  Sunshine 🌞. No leggings, 'normal' socks, base and top layer short sleeves, no gloves. 👍

 

 

Downside... Undergrowth is growing fast

 

 

 

Group ride day... On the Orbea as the Whyte is currently having new brake system fitted.... the one I swore no more money would be thrown at 🤣

 

Out in the sun again... 

 

 

The benefit of doing today's job yesterday when booked in for 2 days.... 

 

Another sunshine ride... 🚴‍♀️🌞

 

 

Really quiet even on the main trails... 

 

Nice easy group ride day... 

 

Group ride day... I really must put Wahoo back on auto-pause 😁. Total was around 15 miles honest... 

Still some deep stuff around, axle deep and a side step off... 

 

Fuel stop, Coffee and Carrot cake.... 

 

 

dry ground all round today on my Long Hill jaunt. 

the amount of hill climb condition ive lost over the winter is staggering.. despite the running!

48mins to the top, i could do it in 40 last summer .

no coffee shops at my rest stop

i put the deer sigting video in the joy thread, if anyone managed to see them!

 

 

 

i have my eye on the next challenge though, next peak to the south is another 75m odd higher than long hill, it then drops down to the "Powers the Pot" road, which leads back to Tickincor woods which has some nice trails to drop down, and then a 4-5k riverside tramp to get home should make a nice circuit.

 

 

Group ride day... A lot longer than it felt. 

No Flapjack today so had to make do with a Creme Egg Cookie 😋

 

 

Boneshaker ride.... 

 

 

A quick razz on the Felt, rear tyre attacked by a dog, luckily just slobber on the sidewalls.... I think the owner got the gist of my reactions to dog and him 😏

 

 

On 15/04/2022 at 04:32, olduns said:

A quick razz on the Felt, rear tyre attacked by a dog, luckily just slobber on the sidewalls.... I think the owner got the gist of my reactions to dog and him 😏

 

 

 

I loved my cycle touring days around France. Especially fond memories of the Loire.

In those days I had a full-sized frame fitting cycle pump (actually still have it and it still works at nearly 40 years old) which was especially useful at warding off 'playful' dogs.

Only happened twice but both times were in France.

Quick amble round, not helped by losing the bottom 2 gears - forgot to re-adjust the B screw 🙄.... A few tougher climbs than usual. 

A wander around on Road, Gravel and Forest to work off the burgers, beer and chocolate from yesterday 😁

 

todays guilt free pedal....

it qas tough, a fair bit of get off and push on the really steep inclines...

but so worth it..

 

im not inserting all the pics below...

couple of the better ones though..

so after the "easy" bit up to the cross...

knockindotha and long hill ahead..

 

stop time at the back of longhill..

time to push...

lagnafrankee

weeeeeeeeeeeeee down we go.

 

view back across from gurteen to the hills i went across

 

then into the woods...

 

and the woods..

into the trees...

 

 

 

 

only 4.5k to go from Sir Thomas's Bridge, up the Blueway