Appreciate where you ride

[junkie_ball]

So today i went out on my regular weekend jolly with my riding partner. Unfortunately for him he was struggling somewhat today which due to the slower pace gave me time to take in all the views of the local area which when training at speed is easy to forget. I may moan when i plan a route it's extremely hard to plan a fast flat route. But just look at some of the scenery from my ride this morning (unfortunately not my photos). Never forget how great our English country side is.

 

[lazybloke]

Wow! I usually just get several close-up views of the sides of Audis and white vans.

 

[raleighnut]

This used to be part of one of my regular rides, Bradgate Park in Leicestershire

 

[Tail End Charlie]

Where's the castle @junkie_ball ?

 

[junkie_ball]

Where's the castle @junkie_ball ?

It's nunney castle in Somerset.

 

[kiriyama]

Bloody lovely round here.

Colne Valley.


Holme Moss.


somewhere on the moors. Think that might be Bleaklow in the distance.


Looking down the Wessenden Vally.


Canal path near Linthwaite.


i have a lot more but dont want to spam up the thread too much!

 

[Dave7]

You should have knocked on my door (just behind the fountains)...............I would have made you a cuppa

 

[Tanis8472]

Nothing but bloody cabbage fields in every direction for me

 

[stoofer35]

Rhiw
Lleyn Peninsula

 

[Dave 123]

You're right @junkie_ball , but I'm guilty of posting a ride in the "your ride today" thread moaning about road surfaces and cold not 5 minutes ago!

 

[Brandane]

Never forget how great our English country side is.

YOUR English countryside is ok in places, but OUR Scottish countryside is the best . I have gone over to France, Spain, Holland, America, and even England on cycling holidays. It's nice to see different places, but when I come home I sometimes wonder why I bothered going away when we have this on our doorstep (then I remember why I travelled; it doesn't bliddy RAIN so much abroad . But when it's nice, it's VERY nice ):

The Clyde at Inverkip, looking towards Dunoon:

Brisbane Glen, the lesser known route between Largs and Greenock!....

Talla Reservoir, north of Moffat:

The Clyde again from above Largs looking to Cumbrae and Bute:

The ruggedness of Orkney:

 

[Tail End Charlie]

It's nunney castle in Somerset.

Ta muchly, I love castles and am always on the lookout for new ones to visit.

 

[Crandoggler]

I agree with this. It's partly why I took up cycling. It's easy to forget what's around you when you spend however many hours staring at the blokes' arse in front of you.

 

[Pat "5mph"]

It's easy to forget what's around you when you spend however many hours staring at the blokes' arse in front of you.

This cycling concept is alien to me

 

[13 rider]

This used to be part of one of my regular rides, Bradgate Park in Leicestershire

Part of my bike commute to work