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

[FrothNinja]

W18R1 - 35 minutes - Mon - Preston & Burnley local miles
W18R2 - 44 minutes - Fri - local miles
W18R3 - 38 minutes - Sun - local miles

From Friday's ride - orchids used to grow here within the last 12 months

 

[bluenotebob]

It started raining here on 2nd May and it hasn’t stopped … rain, thunderstorms, light rain, heavy rain, showers, drizzle, more thunderstorms. It’s going to carry on raining until at least 23rd May (with one exception: Tuesday 12th May – I hope to get a decent ride in then).

No photos this week as I won’t carry my camera when it’s so wet.


Week 19: 3 local rides over 30 mins; 7.52 hours on the bike; distance cycled 110.93km (471m of Ascent)

Ride 1: Thursday 7th May – HMCAM ride on the Crosshill: 63.41km, 4 hrs 11 mins
Ride 2: Friday 8th May (1) – local ride on the MASSI: 18.26km, 1 hr 17 mins
Ride 3: Friday 8th May (2) – VV ride on the Princess: 29.26km, 2 hrs 3 mins

 

[FrothNinja]

W19R1 - 48 minutes - Mon- local miles
W19R2 - 1 hour 10 minutes - Tues - Preston, Colne & Burnley local miles
W19R3 - 46 minutes - Thur- local miles
W19R4 - 35 minutes - Fri - local miles

From Tuesday's ride - Barrowford locks

 

[Jon George]

Week 19
The bare minimum this week. I went down with a cold on Thursday and didn't want to be doing much of anything. Which has continued into today ...

Mon 4th 60 mins Rushmere St Andrew – Westerfield
Tues 5th 50 mins Sainsbury’s via Kesgrave and Foxhall
Weds 6th 50 mins Nacton Via Gainsborough Road and Ravenswood - Sainsbury’s

A field of Lacy Phacelia near Bucklesham. (I had to look this plant up - apparently it's used as a kind of 'green manure' that's ploughed back into the field.)

 

[bluenotebob]

A field of Lacy Phacelia near Bucklesham. (I had to look this plant up - apparently it's used as a kind of 'green manure' that's ploughed back into the field.)

Something like that is grown around here too - a variety of alf-alfa or lucerne.

Photo below from a couple of weeks ago

I hope you shake off your cold soon.