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OP
OP
13 rider

13 rider

Guru
Location
leicester
Second attempt at a local hill today. Sneck Yack Bank aka Boltby Bank aka ' the long hill with unmarried parents' goes up the cliffside of the North York moors..almost in a straight line. It's relentless and gets worse nearer the top. I walked about 50 yards at the top. I then cycled on a cross country route along the cliff top of the moors to Sutton Bank cycle centre where I checked out an electric mountain bike. The plan is to hire one for a day for a full on blast across the moors very old tracks to see whether this could be a new thing for me.

Coming home I still was 1m short so up and down the village again ..the neighbours will think I get all dressed up to just go up and down the street 😂😂

Windy but stunning views.
Well done good thread discipline,the neighbours already think your mad 😁
 
OP
OP
13 rider

13 rider

Guru
Location
leicester
Another change of scenery ride this morning ,drove up to Mappleton just above Ashbourne on the edge of the Peak District and did a loop of 34 miles around the back of Alton towers theme park . A pretty slow ride for me maybe the 3600ft of upness had something to do with that 🤣. If I see red pop up on a climb on my wahoo climb page (signifies over 10%) for another month it will be to soon 🤣
 

ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Yesterday was the last day of my 2 week Devon family/cycling holiday. We had great weather for most of the time that I was there and yesterday was no exception. I decided to make the most of it...

I set off in a big clockwise loop passing through Thorverton, Ottery St Mary, Otterton and Budleigh Salterton on the way to Exmouth.

I timed my arrival in Exmouth to be good for the ferry across the Exe estuary to Starcross. I had tried that once before only to discover that the ferry was not operating that day. This time, all went according to plan. I arrived with 5 minutes to spare, cycled round the corner to the mooring and... found a huge queue in front of me! The ferry boat is pretty small so I doubted that I would make it on board and I was not going to hang about for an hour to get on the next one. I consulted the Google A.I. bot which confidently told me that the boat took 58 passengers. A rough head count came to around 80 so I got back on my bike and was about to head off up the north side of the river when I overheard someone say that the limit was actually 90 passengers. I dismounted again!

Sure enough, there was just enough room for all of us, including about 10 bikes.

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It took 15-20 minutes to get across to Starcross then I rode back to Exeter on the Estuary Trail and onwards to my sister's house via the local lumpy lanes.

I noticed that I was going to fall just over 1 km short of a metric century and toyed with doing that to needle @13 rider but it would have needled me too so I added on one more lane!

100.4 km in 5 h 39 m (excluding the ferry trip), and a light (by Devon standards) 1,110 m of ascent.
 

sevenfourate

Devotee of OCD
Had a ride out planned going North - with two guys who work for a Company I get sub-contracted to today. But both bailed late yesterday afternoon…..☹️

So I decided to go South on my own. To Southwold. Very nice it was too !

Oulton Broad, Suffolk under Moonlight:

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Random Suffolk field, gate - again with the Moon still in view:

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Rushmere. Strangely enough 🤣

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St Nicolas in Covehithe, Suffolk:

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My second round-Pound of the week. This one in Wrentham, Suffolk…..

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Marshes at Reydon:

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And finally: Southwold Pier at Sunrise circa 5.59am ☀️👌

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Another very enjoyable couple of hours in the saddle ❤️

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sevenfourate

Devotee of OCD
4 x 50k rides in August. 2 on the bounce. After struggling to do one for a couple of the nicer months 😳 Not sure what’s up with me 🤷‍♂️ But it’s making me fitter 😎

Slightly modified route. To capture a couple of MBIFO photos I hadn’t previously……

Some of it was hard work today…..but like most of us: I felt better for doing it 👌

Old Beccles river crossing (Known as ‘The Iron Bridge’) in the Morning mist:

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St Benets Church:

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Street art in Kessingland:

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Good fun was had by all 😎

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ColinJ

Puzzle game procrastinator!
Old Beccles river crossing (Known as ‘The Iron Bridge’) in the Morning mist:
I didn't read your description first so I got a cloth and tried wiping the greasy fingerprint off my tablet screen! :laugh:

I am planning a very hilly metric century ride and toyed with the idea of copying your practice of going out at sunrise to avoid the worst of the heat and morning traffic. The only problem is that it is when I normally go to sleep! I don't know if I could actually get to sleep if I went to bed before midnight... Well, not without drastic action such as not going to bed at all the day before and then I probably wouldn't feel like it!
 

sevenfourate

Devotee of OCD
I didn't read your description first so I got a cloth and tried wiping the greasy fingerprint off my tablet screen! :laugh:

I am planning a very hilly metric century ride and toyed with the idea of copying your practice of going out at sunrise to avoid the worst of the heat and morning traffic. The only problem is that it is when I normally go to sleep! I don't know if I could actually get to sleep if I went to bed before midnight... Well, not without drastic action such as not going to bed at all the day before and then I probably wouldn't feel like it!

Lmao on the ‘Smudge’ 🤣🤣🤣

Yup - I’m an early bird alright. But these days - early to bed too ! You can’t constantly burn it both ends. Although I try to maximise my time doing stuff I enjoy as much as I possibly can. Maybe too much 🤷‍♂️ You’re only here once is all I know……
 
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