Christmas day rides

[PeteXXX]

I managed to get out for a 6 mile ride after we'd all met up for pressies and beer this lunchtime as I'd forgotten to bring my granddaughters Tablet home to sort out after she put a Voice command password on it then promptly forgot what it was
I volunteered to ride over and collect it ()

Luckily I put some lights on, as by the time I got home, via a much longer route than actually necessary, it was pitch dark.

 

[lucydog8]

Out at 04.50 this morning very nice 10 degrees, 50.2 mile done back indoors at 07.55.
That'll be cream and custard with the christmas pud' now then.

nice one , thats nearly 17mph ride, for this weather & time of year very impressive.

 

[lucydog8]

I always do go for a Christmas day 20 or 30 miles but have had to postpone this year due to wind.

Go to doctors when they reopen after the holidays ,and get a prescription called LACTOLUSE it will clear you out and make it less windy for you.

 

[Dogtrousers]

The only wild mushroom I *dare* pick is the giant puffball, simply because you *can't* mistake it for anything else. Best peeled, sliced thickly and pan-fried with black pepper and insane amounts of garlic.

Didn't go out on the bike in the end. Knees still on strike and it's blowing a hooly. Need to be in a fit state to do the commute on Tuesday...

Out walking in Kent once I spied a giant puffball in the valley to my right. There was nothing else it could be, it was unmistakable. Excitedly I ran down the big hill to it. I knelt down before this fine specimen. It was a rather old, punctured, white football. Big trudge back up the big hill.

So you may not be able to mistake a puffball for anything else, but you can certainly mistake something else for a giant puffball.

Back on topic. 50 blustery and hilly km around the Yorkshire Wolds on my Brommie.

 

[Soltydog]

A few of us managed to get out this morning for 25 miles, nice steady ride & very little traffic

 

[Reynard]

Out walking in Kent once I spied a giant puffball in the valley to my right. There was nothing else it could be, it was unmistakable. Excitedly I ran down the big hill to it. I knelt down before this fine specimen. It was a rather old, punctured, white football. Big trudge back up the big hill.

So you may not be able to mistake a puffball for anything else, but you can certainly mistake something else for a giant puffball.

Oh, that's absolutely PRICELESS

 

[Jenkins]

Out at 09:30 and back just before 11:30 for a 33 miler. Warm & windy, but a good way to build an appetite for Xmas dinner

 

[greekonabike]

Didn't get out today. Had a terrible nights sleep on my parents sofa and ended up having a nap in the middle of the day... I need to man up really. I'll be making up for it tomorrow though.

GOAB

 

[ColinJ]

I managed to get most of today's riding in this morning in a break from the worst of the wind and rain. I enjoyed my Christmas meal with pals while wind howled outside and rain lashed down. I waited until 7:30 pm and another period of calm to do a quick 10 km ride home. I was pretty pleased with that!

 

[Pat "5mph"]

I went visiting friends by bike, as per usual on Christmas day.
Keeping an eye on the hourly forecast I managed to avoid the worst of the weather.
Never even needed the waterproofs!

 

[clid61]

As I set myself a little target of some kind of ride of over a mile every day this year, I intend to roll out for a short reflect-on-loved-ones-passed-this-year to a seat in Foxhall before I go back and get engrossed in cooking dinner. I may just take a little flask of something ...

Post of the year

 

[sackville d]

I managed to get most of today's riding in this morning in a break from the worst of the wind and rain. I enjoyed my Christmas meal with pals while wind howled outside and rain lashed down. I waited until 7:30 pm and another period of calm to do a quick 10 km ride home. I was pretty pleased with that!

Did I see you yesterday @ColinJ ,near Bridgeholm cricket ground,sporting a red top?
My ride consisted of a brief but blustery bimble on the tops and even saw a Christmas day rainbow.Didn`t know they even existed `til yesterday
When I got back home and viewed Strava flybys noticed that one super keen type included an ascent of Mytholm Steeps (and immediate descent) into his loop.
I salute you Sir!

 

[ColinJ]

Did I see you yesterday @ColinJ ,near Bridgeholm cricket ground,sporting a red top?
My ride consisted of a brief but blustery bimble on the tops and even saw a Christmas day rainbow.Didn`t know they even existed `til yesterday
When I got back home and viewed Strava flybys noticed that one super keen type included an ascent of Mytholm Steeps (and immediate descent) into his loop.
I salute you Sir!

I did end up riding that way at about 11:45 on the way to Hebden Bridge and I was wearing a red jersey, but you wouldn't have been able to see it because I had a blue Endura jacket on top of it.

I saw quite a few cyclists out during my 2 hour ride - probably at least 7 or 8, maybe more. I was surprised how much traffic there was too. I expected the roads to be nearly empty but I must have been passed by 100-odd cars.

 

[sackville d]

I did end up riding that way at about 11:45 on the way to Hebden Bridge and I was wearing a red jersey, but you wouldn't have been able to see it because I had a blue Endura jacket on top of it.

I saw quite a few cyclists out during my 2 hour ride - probably at least 7 or 8, maybe more. I was surprised how much traffic there was too. I expected the roads to be nearly empty but I must have been passed by 100-odd cars.

Mistaken ID then Colin,this was around 10am.And you`re certain it wasn`t you going up and down Mytholm Steeps just for fun?

 

[Truth]

Does a Boxing Day ride count in this thread
Just done 15 miles in just under an hour in great conditions......