Tales from today's commute....

[Origamist]

Heavy mist shrouding Cheshire and Greater Manchester - not a lot of fun (damp, poor visibility etc), but no wind to speak of, so that's good.

In Tatton Park a big stag was bashing a tree with his antlers - could hear him from 500m away!

Looks like I'll be a little warm on the way back as trying to account for a 15C difference in temp is always going to be a compromise...

 

[Stephen C]

Somebody has turned the thermostat up! I think the commute home might be the first no-base layer commute of the year!

 

[clf]

I don't know if I could do a non base layer commute, they are a god send to those of us who suffer joggers nip at the mere mention of friction.

 

[MickL]

Very misty this morning on my first full commute of the year, a 10 mile trip down the canal. Got to the halfway point and my bolt that holds one side of my pannier rack came of, which also for some reason my back wheel came off at the same time. Thankfully it all happened while I pushing my bike through one of those gates they have on the canals to stop motorcycles etc. I couldn't find the bolt at all but found a bit of a chain link fence and managed to bodge it together to get me to work and fixed it using bits I've found at work. So my bike is good for another 1k of miles

 

[J1888]

It was absolutely cracking out this morning - sunny, not too warm, hardly any wind - thank God for sunglasses is all I'll say!

Hope it's as forgiving on the way home...

 

[Hacienda71]

Rode in via Woodford this morning past the former BAE factories that are being demolished. A sad day, a lot of history being turned to rubble.

 

[J1888]

Glorious evening.

More wind than this morning but nothing like last week - almost perfect commuting weather.

Thought I'd get more Strava PBs on the flats but as it was I got three on Cedars Rd going up to Clapham Common, which is IMO a fair climb! Weird.

 

[BigAl68]

Hot, hot, hot.... Loved the journey home.

 

[J1888]

Rode in via Woodford this morning past the former BAE factories that are being demolished. A sad day, a lot of history being turned to rubble.

All too familiar here in London (assume you're talking about a Woodford up north and not the one in London/Essex) - bits of history sold for housing...and not exactly what I would call 'affordable housing.'

 

[Hacienda71]

All too familiar here in London (assume you're talking about a Woodford up north and not the one in London/Essex) - bits of history sold for housing...and not exactly what I would call 'affordable housing.'

Yep, Woodford Cheshire. Famous for being the factory that built the Lancaster and the Vulcan to name a couple. Lots of housing going on the site. I suppose it is progress but I can't help being a bit sentimental.

 

[kevin_cambs_uk]

Lovely coming home. Did half and half with a guy I caught, we never spoke a word but we each did our turn.
Truly lovely.
I think I appreciate it so much more cause of the winter commuting which as always isn't great but you battle thru it for the fitness

 

[DrLex]

Went to the back of the stores and found I'd left my ice bike there, so rode it back tonight. Spinning those Marathon Winters keeps one busy!

 

[Dan B]

Home to Regents Park in the Christiana with dodgy gears, dropped it there at LCBS, then skated into work. hoping to goodness that the fault is just cable friction and not shredded hub internals

 

[Origamist]

I thought I was going to be getting a lift with the air ambulance last night, or worse. Young male driver (with friends on board), in a small car with lowered suspension, tinted rear windows (ticks all the boxes) overtakes at approx. 60mph on a blind bend when a 4x4 appears in the opposite direction. I was about a metre from the hedge when the lads in the little hatchback beep (!) and cut back in, missing my front wheel by about a metre and missing the 4x4 by less than a foot. I'd like to say I took evasive action, but I froze as I was convinced the two cars were going to crash and they were going to ricochet into me...Naturally, I passed the small car in traffic when we hit Middlewich and had a good look at the young lad driving but carried on going, glad to be still able to turn the cranks.

Saw a police officer erecting a road closure sign this evening at Byley and I asked if I could go through and he replied: 'Yes'. Just over a mile later and on the same bend as the incident I mentioned above took place was a serious collision - police and ambulance in attendance, one badly bashed up car, another missing a wheel. I asked if everyone was OK and a chap said they were. I don't know what happened but I'm going to contact the council about that stretch of road.

Beautiful evening and was sorry to arrive home...

 

[MichaelO]

I got three on Cedars Rd going up to Clapham Common, which is IMO a fair climb!

I used to hate that lump, but a fair climb?!

Lovely ride home, avoided the A23 & took in Woodmansterne & Chipstead instead on the way back - glorious!