I retire next month so I will have plenty of time and a couple of thousand pounds a year to spend on cycling. I aim to do that! (Spending on rail fares, accommodation, and any bike spares that I need.)
I want to find out how much my current relative lack of fitness can be sorted out by losing 6 or 7 kg and riding my bike more. I can definitely improve, but I very strongly suspect that the damage done to my cardiovascular and pulmonary systems by blood clots 8 or 9 years ago will prevent me ever being really fit again. We'll see...
If I could get fit enough to do the shallow 8+ km Cragg Vale climb in 20 minutes I would be very happy - that has been my goal for years. If I could do it in 23.5 minutes, that would match my best ever time and I would be content with that if that turned out to be as good as I could get. I have been taking more like 30 minutes recently.
I should be having 3 or 4 cycling holidays next year based at my sister's new home in Devon. I want to explore Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset.
That lot should keep me busy for next year.
Maybe in post-pandemic times I will renew my passport and start cycling abroad again, but I don't expect that to happen in 2022.