Three 30-minute rides each week of the year 2026 challenge

[Jon George]

WK 27
29th 50 mins Nacton Via Bucklesham Road – Halfords – Sainsbury’s
30th 135 mins Quizzing in Kesgrave – Martlesham – Waldringfield – Brightwell – Bucklesham
1st 175 mins Rushmere – Kesgrave – Foxhall – Bucklesham – Kirton – Falkenham – Trimleys – Felixstowe – Trimleys – Bucklesham – Nacton
2nd 35 mins Quizzing around Felixstowe
3rd 65 mins Quizzing around Foxhall - Kesgrave
4th 60 mins Around town and Westerfield
5th 55mins Around town

The Simpsons! (From Wednesday at Felixstowe.)

 

[FrothNinja]

W27R1- 34 minutes - Mon - Fusion commute
W27R2 - 42 minutes - Tues - Fusion commute
W27R3 - 39 minutes - Sun - local miles

On the return leg on Monday

 

[fritz katzenjammer]

I’m trying to clear 10 km a day as long as the season holds out, so far we’re on track

it may not sound like much but after working in an office for 30 plus years…

 

[FrothNinja]

W28R1- 57 minutes - Mon - Fusion commute
W28R2 - 2 hour 39 minutes - Sat - experimental (not to be repeated) off piste miles twixt Colne & Nelson (much on foot due to overgrown trails). About 4 hours if you include the time I spent trying to flatten weeds with a walking pole taken knowing there would be some choked sections - surprised & knackered by just how many there where + I think Komoot may be a tad out of date.
W28R3 - 30 minutes - Sat - local miles nearer home with minimal weedage
W28R4 - 6 hours 40 minutes - Sun - down to the outskirts of Bredbury and back via Rawtenstall, Heywood, Ashton-Under-Lyne, with quite a few views of traffic jams on the M60. Engage smug mode. (total 77.3 miles / 124.4 km, plus 1,250m / 4,100ft)

The point at which gave up on the first trail section

Looking back at what I had already bashed. Where my friend is standing is about half way back to the last rideable bit.

 

[Jon George]

WK28
6th 50 mins Nacton Via Gainsborough Road and Ravenswood - Sainsbury’s
7th 60 mins Rushmere and around town
8th 60 mins Bridleways at Levington and Nacton
10th 50 mins Nacton Via Gainsborough Road and Ravenswood - Sainsbury’s
11th 70 mins Ravenswood paths – Nacton to Levington Bridleways
12th 70 mins Around town and Westerfield

A view at Westerfield. (I always find it a little odd that, though it feels as though summer is really getting underway, whenever I first see a harvested field, I get the sense the year is already on the turn.)