The 2022 Half Century (50km or 50M) a month challenge chatzone

[Domus]

With a mornings break in the rain managed a sneaky 50 Kms to Leigh and back. The cold wind could not make up its mind, cross headwind there and back. Met a chap on the guided bus way riding a very sturdy looking electric trike. 82 and still getting out.
Got back just 30 minutes before the heavy rain.

 

[Bazzer]

I'm hoping Saturday or Sunday. Life at the moment is work, repairing/decorating our house after nearly 4 months of building and roofing work, sleep.

 

[PatrickPending]

Been rather rubbish logging rides - did this on the 13th of Nov:-

57Km Blaby - Countesthorpe - Wiloughby Waterlys - Ashby Magna- Dunton Bassett -Ashby Parva- Frolesworth - Claybrooke Parva - Monks Kirby - Claybrooke Parva -Ullesthorpe- Ashby Parva - Dunton Bassett - Ashby Magna - Wiloughby Waterlys - Countesthorpe - Blaby (slightly shorter route than usual)

First time I noticed these on the roof of the old post office in Monks Kirby! (sorry its a poor photo!)

 

[FrothNinja]

Been rather rubbish logging rides - did this on the 13th of Nov:-

57Km Blaby - Countesthorpe - Wiloughby Waterlys - Ashby Magna- Dunton Bassett -Ashby Parva- Frolesworth - Claybrooke Parva - Monks Kirby - Claybrooke Parva -Ullesthorpe- Ashby Parva - Dunton Bassett - Ashby Magna - Wiloughby Waterlys - Countesthorpe - Blaby (slightly shorter route than usual)

First time I noticed these on the roof of the old post office in Monks Kirby! (sorry its a poor photo!)

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Pic actually works really well, the fuzziness makes it look like a painting or a still from an animated film

 

[tallliman]

Early monthly update for the penultimate month as the last weekend approaches ,We have 27 riders fully posted up leaving a slightly longer nudge list of 9 rider as below
@Sbudge ,@Bazzer ,@Milkfloat ,@tallliman ,@PatrickPending ,@Cranky Knee Girl ,@Chap sur le velo ,@Gibbo and @T4tomo

I worry that I'm likely to be out, onto my 3rd cold/flu of the month. Just having a bad month!

 

[Willd]

First time I noticed these on the roof of the old post office in Monks Kirby! (sorry its a poor photo!)

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Coincidently, the same building where I was born, several years ago

 

[AndreaJ]

A new tactic was used today for our group ride route planning, 2 of us are happy not climbing hills and the other 2 like climbing hills. They came up with a plan which unsurprisingly involved Welsh hills but we would have the coffee stop after the hill we agreed to rather than at the end of the ride which we usually do, where we could decide on which other hills we would go up on the way home over a nice cup of coffee 😂. Obviously all ways home were uphill! We chose the shortest route.
I also discovered that long descent’s down Welsh hills are surprisingly cold in November .

 

[Milkfloat]

Cheers for the nudge, plenty of rides just rubbish at admin.

 

[T4tomo]

I will be at the mercy of the weather gods and getting enough decorating done to convince myself and the OH I can nip out on Sunday for a couple of hours to get 50km in.

Well the weather wasn't great and I had played two games of league hockey on Saturday, so I have fallen at the penultimate hurdle.

However, I managed to get the ceiling and coving painted and 2 coats on the walls and all the fiddly interfaces done where the white joins the colour so pretty happy with that.

 

[13 rider]

Well the weather wasn't great and I had played two games of league hockey on Saturday, so I have fallen at the penultimate hurdle.

However, I managed to get the ceiling and coving painted and 2 coats on the walls and all the fiddly interfaces done where the white joins the colour so pretty happy with that.

That's a shame but life can get in the way ,hopefully see you in 2023

 

[Jon George]

Back in the game!
I claim my star!

And here's a morning pic.

 

[13 rider]

And the Universe realigns as @Jon George goes back to being the first monthly poster and most importantly finisher No1 for 2022
Well done Jon even COVID couldn't stop you

 

[13 rider]

Finisher no2 is over the line well done @steveindenmark

 

[geocycle]

Congratulations to the early finishers, definitely good to seize the weather window. I’m hoping Sunday is dry for my December ride.

 

[Jenkins]

Back in the game!
I claim my star!

And here's a morning pic.

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I have no idea where you got the sunshine @Jon George , down here by the coast it's been grey & damp all morning. Hopefully I'll join you in the finishing circle tomorrow.