Today's Bike Ride

[Wheeze]

Hmm. Events move fast! My income has dropped to zero so I wont be splashing out on new gear just at the moment!

[PeteS]

A lovely solo, as mine usually are, lunchtime ride today, 33 miles and just under 3,000 feet out to Flash, Britain's Highest Village, Hollingsclough, Longnor and Monyash.
Similar experience to you, PeteS, plenty of folk about including cyclists but they were mainly in ones and twos.

Wasn't sure I was surprised to see cafes and a couple of pubs open doing a take away only service but hoards of punters stood outside enjoying their purchases!

All the car parks for the popular walks/ trails were full as were the verges. As busy as any Bank Holiday. Heaps of caravans too which suggest people are leaving the towns to isolate themselves in the sticks!

Plenty on the news regarding isolating in rural communities. People just aren't getting it yet. I worry about the remote Scottish and Welsh communities that will suffer as their healthcare infrastructure really is not setup to take the hit it is going to get with a major influx of tourists.

I too passed a pub yesterday that was serving through tbe door with a garden full of clients. Madness...

[Wheeze]

So. No work tomorrow. Weather is good. Wheel out the old MTB and set off to discover some of the lanes around here that I have not travelled. Amazing that there are so many even though we've lived here over 20 years. The lozenge shape between Monmouth and Abergavenny is an absolute warren of rarely used lanes.

[Stagger]

30min just steady again on the bridle ways.
Lovely time after a hard day at work 🤣😂🤣

A little and often to build back up slowly 🙂

[Stagger]

Me again.

Only 25 mins because my botty was saddle sore form yesterday.

Dug the padded shorts out and even though I was on the mountain bike, I stuck to the roads.

I do enjoy it and hopefully I will get a bit fitter before work resumes.

[Llani Boy]

A glorious 40 miles and 3,500 feet in the Staffordshire Moorlands. Roads very quiet, not that the ones I use are ever busy. Saw around 10 fellow cyclists all of whom were solo, apart from a bloke with what looked like his young son, who went flying past me!

I now realise, more than ever, how fortunate I am to be able to partake in such activity straight from the door and feel for those stuck in large towns and cities. However, it was my choice to live in a rural area and sacrifices were made to enable me to do so.

[PeteS]

Managed a quick blast after working from home today before the sun set.
Nice ride. Blasted around Halesowen, Clent, Romsley, Waseley, Frankley beeches and back via Quinton. Makes up for the lack of commuting and clears the head. Thankfully very few cars on the road.
26km, 500m ascent, 25kph avg about 85‰ effort.

[Stagger]

Hat trick today.
Still building slowly and its bloody marvellous.
Had to pick up 8 tins of Guinness on the way back.
Lady asked if I could ride and carry them.
I said she was correct.
Maybe I should drink them and then ride, I said.
She thought carrying was safer.
🚲🤣😂

[Stagger]

Oh yes.
Me again.
This cycling is really enjoyable.
Did a little off road 10k with 190m ascent.
Just starting to open up the lungs and make the muscles work a little.

[Travs]

Hat trick today.
Still building slowly and its bloody marvellous.
Had to pick up 8 tins of Guinness on the way back.
Lady asked if I could ride and carry them.
I said she was correct.
Maybe I should drink them and then ride, I said.
She thought carrying was safer.
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Drink cycling does pose a few risks... I did it once as an 18 year old after 4 cans of Tennents Super... close encounter with a steel railing on the way home...

Also did it once in 20's, absolutely plastered, had my handlebars and front wheel 180deg the wrong way... did wonder why I was struggling to make progress and stay stable...