I am British, so I shall talk about the weather.  It’s my patriotic duty.  Or something.  Anyway I think you will find it is most unseasonable, yet eminently suitable for riding a bike.  Blue skies, mid 20Cs, and uninterrupted sunshine.  OK, if I was being churlish a little less wind would have been nice, but in order for it to be a help at some point it has to be a hindrance at some point too, and they do say perfection is unattainable.  I don’t think anyone has told Gaia that it’s practically October.  (ssh, say it very quietly, as I’m hoping it lasts until Sunday at least).

With Sunday’s sportive in mind, today’s ride should have been a nice easy one.  GB and I did the usual trip to Glastonbury for very good coffee and predictable chaos.  Very appropriate considering the Gaia reference.  By the way, can you have predictable chaos?  If it’s predictable is it less chaotic?  Does the Observer effect come into play? Are the residents merely players with Glastonbury the stage?  I do know what I expect from a visit there and it never disappoints, although there was a distinct lack of fairy wings today ;).

As mentioned before, the wind was stronger than expected, and it was from the SE, which is where Fairyland is.  However that meant it was behind us for the majority of the way home, which is just the way I like it.  We wiggled a little more than usual on the way out to avoid the traffic, as thanks to the sun everyone is driving their little tin boxes around.  On the way back we wiggled just to avoid anything that might possibly have inclinations to be an incline.  See I’m tapering (allegedly) and he has a nasty lurgy (but still made it all look rather too easy).  Them’s our excuses and we’re sticking to them.  Mind you I wish I cycled half that well when I felt half that bad! *sigh*.  Yes yes, I know it’s not a race, but…  well…  it is, just a little bit… *grin*.  Only because I want to be better, and I keep thinking maybe I’m getting better, and then being firmly reminded that I should know my limits and play with kittens and things.

Cycling time: 2:14:41 hrs
Distance: 39.01 miles.
Avs: 17.4 mph
ODO: 10278 miles

It was a most enjoyable ride.  Partly because of the thought of all those people who were not doing what we were.  I suspect a large number of those clogging up our roads were “working from home”, or “ill”.  Clearly we can’t blame them, it’s just that we happened to be out there legitimately and didn’t feel like sharing our roads with them!  Ok, so I may have skipped the lesson on sharing at nursery… 😉  As you can see from the average speed we weren’t hanging around and savouring the weather though, in fact we were flying along.  So I may not be as good as GB, but I’m definitely considerably better than I was, and that’ll have to do me. We had fun, in the sun, rather faster than may have been wise, but fast enough to have been a lot of, well, fun! 🙂