If I do say so myself, I do a nice line in handicapping myself.  You’d think standing up was simple right?  Not always.  Welcome to my postural/orthostatic hypotension.  To be fair, I’m used to it, but for some reason it got the better of me last weekend.  It’s not helped by my dietary habits, or white wine, but in my defence, I’d had a steak dinner and not that much wine…!  But nonetheless, mid trip to the kitchen, I found myself waking up on the floor, and the glass that I’d been carrying was in even worse shape than me, and some of those shapes were in me 😉  Oops…  Cue two days of feeling pretty wobbly, and throw in a sore shoulder, some bruises, and a large cut at the base of my right thumb…just where it ought to be on the handlebars!  See, didn’t I do well?

So this Saturday’s jaunt was the first ride in a week for me.  Even though it was supposed to be an easy coffee run, I was joined by Alan and Chris G and they stuck me on the front, pretty much all the way there and back!  As ever, in theory, this should mean that I can go at my own easy pace, but actually usually means I feel like I have to go faster in case those behind me are rolling their eyes, and wondering if it would be quicker walking 😉  Rob joined us in Wedmore, but he’s no tortoise either, so it turned out to be rather faster than some of my coffee runs are!  Good training, or something, right? 😉

Still, the sun was shining, the skies were clear and blue, the wind was not blowing, and my winter jacket was a bit too warm!  One of those days when it would be criminal not to be on the bike 🙂  To top it all off, Glastonbury was being all festive, with the high street closed, stalls everywhere, and a veritable cornucopia of fairy wings and the like.  Gotta love Fairyland!  We even sat outside for coffee and people watching.  At the end of November!   All very fabulous 🙂  And Rob got hold of my camera…apparently I’m never in my own blog.  No fairy wings for me though…I left ’em at home *grin*

Cycling time: 1:44
Distance: 29.3 miles
Avg: 16.8 mph
ODO: 7205.9 miles

I’m still looking at my options for next year.  The Etape sort of beckons but since doing it, totting it all up, looks like it would cost around a grand, I think I’ll have to find an alternative.  That’s a hell of a lot of money for one day’s riding!  And don’t suggest the Haute Route, I know my limits.  Besides, as of yesterday, I could indeed stick to playing with kittens.  Meet Cassie, the newest member of the family.  Cute or what? 🙂