Yesterday, being Tuesday, Dad came over and the two of us headed out for a ride, between showers. We headed out fairly directly to Brean Down where, as it turns out, Dad has been before even if he didn’t think he had! I’ve been avoiding hills to try and get my knee sorted, but we did throw in the hilly bit past the Webbington and also the “Bleadon” Hill. I’m still much better going up hills…where I leave Dad…than down…which is where he catches me easily. I can see I’m going to have to do some practice…can’t be having that! *grin*. 😉
Everywhere we went we could see weather ooming, clouds gathering, rain falling. As we got to Brean, without having inconvenienced too many intolerant tourist drivers on the wiggly route, it was clear that quite recently the skies had dumped their contents all over the roads and the tourists. But not us. In fact having the sand that is all over the roads there be wet was a good thing – much less treacherous.
We had a coffee stop at the café there – tea and very lovely sultana scone in my case – whilst watching the less fortunate wring out their clothes and get changed. We came back a slightly different way – via Brent Knoll – to keep things interesting, and had a good run along the flat back roads. Again, the omnipresent threatening rain missed us! 2 minutes after we got home, it p*ssed it down. Deeply satisfying. 😀
Cycling time: 2:01:51
Distance: 30.88 miles
Avs: 15.1 mph
ODO: 1691 miles
It was a really enjoyable ride – I’m still loving being out on the bike. The knee was twinging a bit but nothing drastic. The left shoulder blade said “hi” towards the end. The right shoulder is completely unnoticeable on the bike – which is fab! Any ride where I a) stay on the bike and b) don’t get rained, on is a good one as far as I’m concerned *grin*.
In other news:
- earlier this week I finally got my act in gear and contacted Schwalbe about my defective tyre. They got in touch yesterday and will be sending me out interim Stelvios, and then the new Ultremo R1s when they come in September. How fantastic is that?! 🙂
- I saw the Doctor yesterday re: the wreck (me!). I’ve been referred to the physio for help to get the shoulder back to 100% and to work on the left knee. I was advised to look at my cleat position which, following advice from Cycling Plus, I have done, so it’ll be interesting to see if that helps. And I also have new pink pills for when it doesn’t and I’ve got a big ride and it hurts! *grin*.
- I’ve signed up for the Cheddar Cyclosportive. Only the 100km, which I’ve convinced Dad to sign up too. Several of the ACG are doing it too, so it should be good. 🙂
There. That should do you!