The damn virus situation has killed off my interest in organising forum rides this year! Even if guidelines allow such activities I want to wait until we've all had the chance to be vaccinated. I have had horrific personal experience of the kind of damage that Covid-19 can cause** and am determined to try to avoid going through that again. Hopefully, the trials currently underway will find a safe and effective vaccine by the end of this year****.
** Approximately 1/3 of Covid-19 deaths are caused by blood clots in the lungs.
*** I'm not really convinced that the vaccine announced by Russia over the past couple of days can possibly have been developed and rigorously tested since March!
I think the chances of a vaccine, tried and tested, and crucially, available to all by the end of the year are remote.
We will do well for one of those stages to be met, let alone all of them.
Regrettably, I now qualify as high risk for several reasons.
Group riding is off the menu for me at the moment, not least because I am physically unable to ride a bike.
On the bright side, I am now shuffling about on my feet having been all but confined to a wheelchair six weeks ago, so progress is being made.
Oh, and I've been tested for the virus four times, each negative.
Hopefully, two things will have happened by next year's cycling season.
I will have made enough progress to manage a group ride, and there will have been enough general virus progress for you to feel able to organise one.
It's a great area for cycling, some lovely quiet lanes & most of the drivers round here are quite good too which helps the whole experience
It's a nice part of the country for cycling, plenty of flat options & the Wolds are not too far away either 👍
