What a day
Plan was to watch Dvid Staff mem race and then go onto the NW cycloX at Bolton. I made sure my Lancashire immunisation jabs were current then off I set. In my haste to make a petrol station before i had to push the car I hit a curb just outside Colne and punctured tyre - couldn't find locking nut, quik fit had changed a tyre recently so I was cursing them for not giving it back .
Couldn't get a signal so I had to cycle half a mile from car to make a call. Car is company so after several frustrating calls to the AA as per my documentation I eventually found I had to speak to RAC, was told man was 15 miles away and on his way, hour and half later no sign. Sat in the car working out various permutations for getting to race, warming up etc when it dawned on my I hadn't brought my helmet?
A phonecall to my better half to tell my tale of woe elicited the response "and you forgot you keys and I am out with your daughter for the day"
Man came eventually and pointed out my locking nut was there and had been all along duuh me!
So as i could not go home I went top Wycoller Country park and took the bike up the Breonte way and around the Boulesworth Hill circular walk something i had been meaning to look at for a while (carrying bike of course its not a Bridle Path) views were stunning and it rescued a potential disaster of a day.
So to sum up 6 mile cycle, stagger, crawl not sure of height.
