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[Reynard]

Oh c**k

Another "not our finest moment" game...

 

[Reynard]

I decided to man up and do the ride anyway. Needless to say it stayed dry.

https://www.strava.com/activities/3643966372

Went past the end of your road. Kudos to you for cycling around there. The road surfaces west of you are biblically bad.

I found Ely cathedral a little disappointing - although some of the surrounding buildings were lovely.

I don't "do" strava, so can't see your route... So exactly where did you go?

But yeah, tell me about the road surfaces. S'not surprising I came a cropper a while back. And it's also why I'm looking for a hardtail MTB as an N+1

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

I’ve cocked up and not put any Ghost Ship in the beer fridge to chill.

Am having to slum it with San Miguel as my post-ride recovery drink.

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

I don't "do" strava, so can't see your route... So exactly where did you go?

But yeah, tell me about the road surfaces. S'not surprising I came a cropper a while back. And it's also why I'm looking for a hardtail MTB as an N+1

I came past the end of Third Drove At one point. Didn't see any Lumberjacks up in the trees though.

I got stared at by a few guys in a pickup further up First Drove. I don’t think they’ve seen a ‘Fat Lad at the Back’ cycling top before.

In fact, I’m not sure they’ve seen anyone outside of their immediate family before.

View: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/51103938

 

[Andy in Germany]

The theme in today's photography challenge is "Sports"

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On the middle and left examples I'm not sure which end is the dangerous one...

 

[Reynard]

I came past the end of Third Drove At one point. Didn't see any Lumberjacks up in the trees though.

I got stared at by a few guys in a pickup further up First Drove. I don’t think they’ve seen a ‘Fat Lad at the Back’ cycling top before.

In fact, I’m not sure they’ve seen anyone outside of their immediate family before.

View: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/51103938

Ah, you mean Main Drove, surely? There isn't a First Drove, not anymore. There's Black Bank, then Second Drove. You turned right, crossed over the railway, then it's Third, Fourth, Seventh and Head Fen before you get to Pymoor Sidings.

The road between Fourth Drove and Pymoor Sidings is really rather crap. I avoid it.

You'd have been better off going either a) through Downham, down Mill Hill and past Adventurer's Drove, or, b) if coming out this way, cycling via Dunkirk and O Furlong i.e. not going over the railway crossing and carrying on straight, over the drain, keeping the railway line to your right.

I did see a cyclist whizz past while I was in the kitchen cutting chips for supper. I wonder if that was you?

P.S. Ely Cathedral is better from the inside. It's got the most stunning painted ceiling, and then the beautiful octagon. Outside, well, it's mostly Norman, so not as elegant as some. But it does predate some other cathedrals by a good 100 years or so...

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

Ah, you mean Main Drove, surely? There isn't a First Drove, not anymore. There's Black Bank, then Second Drove. You turned right, crossed over the railway, then it's Third, Fourth, Seventh and Head Fen before you get to Pymoor Sidings.

The road between Fourth Drove and Pymoor Sidings is really rather crap. I avoid it.

You'd have been better off going either a) through Downham, down Mill Hill and past Adventurer's Drove, or, b) if coming out this way, cycling via Dunkirk and O Furlong i.e. not going over the railway crossing and carrying on straight, over the drain, keeping the railway line to your right.

I did see a cyclist whizz past while I was in the kitchen cutting chips for supper. I wonder if that was you?

P.S. Ely Cathedral is better from the inside. It's got the most stunning painted ceiling, and then the beautiful octagon. Outside, well, it's mostly Norman, so not as elegant as some. But it does predate some other cathedrals by a good 100 years or so...

Yes. I did mean Main Drove. Although nothing ‘Main’ about it as far as road surface is concerned.

Good Cathedral knowledge - for an engineer.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I have begun tentatively experimenting with saddle height on my tourer.

 

[Reynard]

Yes. I did mean Main Drove. Although nothing ‘Main’ about it as far as road surface is concerned.

Good Cathedral knowledge - for an engineer.

Where do you think I get my regular supply of free potatoes from?

 

[fossyant]

Bike ride done, 2 cars washed, 1 trampoline dismantled, 1 patio back in use, shopping done and now sat outside on my patio, eating chicken and chickpea curry.

 

[Tenacious Sloth]

Bike ride done, 2 cars washed, 1 trampoline dismantled, 1 patio back in use, shopping done and now sat outside on my patio, eating chicken and chickpea curry.

It’s making me tired just reading what you’ve been doing today.

Take Sunday off.

 

[oldwheels]

Stopped by the local cheese place this morning and got some bacon. The main business is a dairy farm but all the milk is used for cheese and they have pigs as a sideline.
So fried bacon for lunch with none of that horrible white gunk you get in the supermarket stuff. Costs a bit more but supports local jobs and certainly tastes much better. Trouble is you have to keep an eye out for when the cold shelf is restocked and get there PDQ or it is all gone.

 

[Reynard]

I have finished my painting of a Lotus 49B.

Time to feed the cats, and then time to feed me.

 

[fossyant]

It’s making me tired just reading what you’ve been doing today.

Take Sunday off.

Oh and 1 dirty MTB washed, missed that out.

 

[Gravity Aided]

The theme in today's photography challenge is "Sports"

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Foiled again!