Cycling Photo Challenge - Entries and Chat

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

And somewhat more poignant, comparing it with what was my last leisure ride before my back went and my life changed and someone took away the best part of a year at least....

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well, I'll let you work that one out, It doesn't take much. It is bringing me to tear just typing this out.

 

[coffeejo]

And somewhat more poignant, comparing it with what was my last leisure ride before my back went and my life changed and someone took away the best part of a year at least....

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well, I'll let you work that one out, It doesn't take much. It is bringing me to tear just typing this out.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

thanks - for some reason this week has been a hard week.

 

[hopless500]

The colours on that last one are stunning @SatNavSaysStraightOn

 

[Hill Wimp]

And somewhat more poignant, comparing it with what was my last leisure ride before my back went and my life changed and someone took away the best part of a year at least....

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well, I'll let you work that one out, It doesn't take much. It is bringing me to tear just typing this out.

I like the comparison pics of you bike and trike. I love the way it shows you have not stopped as a result of the place you find yourself in but you have looked around the curve and as a result found your N+1. Plus your trike will look lovely against those leaves in Autumn.

Don't look back, look forward to new challenges

 

[Katherine]

There's nothing wrong with tears @SatNavSaysStraightOn. That Autumn picture is still my favourite and it's lovely to see it again in contrast.

 

[Katherine]

Still not leaving home. Time for tdf and a cheeky cider with my ham, egg and chips.
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Yup, we're in that weather, heading your way on the M5.

 

[hopless500]

Thought I had better keep these pics coming

 

[hopless500]

And look what I've got

 

[Puddles]

It is raining............ lots here..... we are not camping at the bottom of the garden tonight... however, 6 months after moving I now have a clear bedroom floor!

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

The colours on that last one are stunning @SatNavSaysStraightOn

Yep - but they didn't with the photo comp that month! It did make it into my calendar for family and friends.

I like the comparison pics of you bike and trike. I love the way it shows you have not stopped as a result of the place you find yourself in but you have looked around the curve and as a result found your N+1. Plus your trike will look lovely against those leaves in Autumn.

Don't look back, look forward to new challenges

I'm not certain I will be able to get another one this year with the trike there. It will be touch and go depending on how the Autumn colours are. That was taken on the 18th and we are on holiday west of Pitlochry (yes I know there is only Rannoch Moor west of Pitlochry but that is where we holiday ) from the 3rd to the 17th... so it will depend if they are later than last year I will be able to get them with the trike, otherwise it will have to wait another year sadly.

 

[coffeejo]

Yep - but they didn't with the photo comp that month! It did make it into my calendar for family and friends.


I'm not certain I will be able to get another one this year with the trike there. It will be touch and go depending on how the Autumn colours are. That was taken on the 18th and we are on holiday west of Pitlochry (yes I know there is only Rannoch Moor west of Pitlochry but that is where we holiday ) from the 3rd to the 17th... so it will depend if they are later than last year I will be able to get them with the trike, otherwise it will have to wait another year sadly.

<insert some psychological argument that it's better to be somewhere new than in the same place making comparisons>

At the end of the day, you're doing the best you can with what you've got, and trust me when I say that many people I know would have thrown in the towel long ago.

 

[SatNavSaysStraightOn]

<insert some psychological argument that it's better to be somewhere new than in the same place making comparisons>

At the end of the day, you're doing the best you can with what you've got, and trust me when I say that many people I know would have thrown in the towel long ago.

Quitting is not an option when you are in this position. I am stuck between the 'disabled' tag and being able to have a normal life again. I don't want to be here btu it is not going to be easy and some weeks are going to be harder than others. I guess I am missing not being able to 'holiday' this year until much later in the year. We would normally have gone away before Easter which we could not and then again in September touring which again we can't.

I have an aim to get walking again without the crutches/sticks of any kind - it may not be possible but I am going to give it a damn good try. Worst case I would like to be able to get back into the mountains even with them (its possible, just not easy). At the moment that is a dream, but there are routes in the Lakes now that are accessible by wheelchair (only around Windermere but it is still a start) and I used to have to mountaineer with 2 trekking poles anyway, so if I can get to the walking stick option and work out how to get passed this limit that is there....

I would also like to be able to ditch the wheelchair, again not get possible, but maybe not as difficult to achieve as the first.

I have also been hatching a plan to take one of my bikes (mtb or road, not sure which get) with us when we go on holiday in October (@Fubar I hope you are reading this) in addition to my trike because I reckon the roads are quiet enough for me to learn to ride one again with the requirement of my husband being alongside me when I stop so I have a shoulder to lean on. Also if it fails (the idea) I will only fall into a very quiet road that is single track and hardly used... still debating which bike would be easier to do this with, bearing in mind that my road bike has CX brake levers so has better stopping options than a standard road bike.

 

[Hill Wimp]

Ok which one of you lot sent the downpour ?

I thought we had got away with it but its here in all its fine glory

This is the glorious South

 

[BigAl68]

It's been raining heavily since 4am here and hasn't stopped. Looks like it has no plans to stop either. Pff