I once flattened myself on the ground sure a Hercules was going to hit me.Not from my ride today, but a week ago ........... Sorry, but the delay was due to recovery from the shock!
Let me explain........
I'd only just left home, and in the first mile, I was going along a quiet country lane, and I knew there were no other vehicles nearby.
Suddenly, there was an enormous 'WHOOSHING' noise, and I was totally discombobulated. Was a super-car (lambo or similar) coming from behind at about 90MPH?I took to the grass verge as a Tornado fighter jet flew over the hedge! The noise was phenomenal. It must have been at the lower altitude limit - It's the closest I've been to a jet I wasn't boarding.
Here in Norfolk, they are training most days, but usually so high up it's difficult to spot them.
Your ride today....
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I'm in the Picos at the moment so I had a ride and a hike today, a ride of around 18km and a hike of about 7.5km.
The ride out was fine the first bit about 3km offroad and mostly down hill followed by 6km on the road again mostly down hill, I must say the brakes are getting a good workout. Then it was a hike, two reasons the first they don't allow bikes and the second you wouldn't want to take your bike. Followed by a Menu Del Dia to refuel for the return which I stayed on the road as I didn't fancy some of the uphill offroad on the return.
All I can say is thank you for electricity, maybe 20 or 30 years ago with a lighter bike I could have done it but not now.
The ride out was fine the first bit about 3km offroad and mostly down hill followed by 6km on the road again mostly down hill, I must say the brakes are getting a good workout. Then it was a hike, two reasons the first they don't allow bikes and the second you wouldn't want to take your bike. Followed by a Menu Del Dia to refuel for the return which I stayed on the road as I didn't fancy some of the uphill offroad on the return.
All I can say is thank you for electricity, maybe 20 or 30 years ago with a lighter bike I could have done it but not now.
A late, short, impromptu utility ride today; weary and sore-of-arse after a relatively large amount of miles already covered this week.
Out into an appropriately bleak, overcast and deceptively chilly day; one small saving grace being the Fuji's buttery smooth drivetrain thanks the the newly fitted waxed chain.
Did the usual rounds with little of note other than scoring a few reductions from the supermarkets.
By far the best bit was emerging from M&S to find the bike had apparently been assigned a fearsome guard hound while I'd been inside
A little over 22 miles for about 120 on the rolling 7 day total and about 460 for 30 days. Not a record-breaker for the year so far but keeping my end up, while last week saw no riding towards the end of the week so any more before Sunday will serve to push the numbers up further
Now basking in the solitude of home; full of baked potato, cheese and tuna and thankfully feeling a bit less jaded about the state of the world than I did several hours ago.
Out into an appropriately bleak, overcast and deceptively chilly day; one small saving grace being the Fuji's buttery smooth drivetrain thanks the the newly fitted waxed chain.
Did the usual rounds with little of note other than scoring a few reductions from the supermarkets.
By far the best bit was emerging from M&S to find the bike had apparently been assigned a fearsome guard hound while I'd been inside
A little over 22 miles for about 120 on the rolling 7 day total and about 460 for 30 days. Not a record-breaker for the year so far but keeping my end up, while last week saw no riding towards the end of the week so any more before Sunday will serve to push the numbers up further
Now basking in the solitude of home; full of baked potato, cheese and tuna and thankfully feeling a bit less jaded about the state of the world than I did several hours ago.
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HLaB
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First Road Bike TT for me in a bit and you can tell I was way out of practice and worn out from too many miles in the last few weeks (30th of March was my last proper rest day and I’d done 411.5 miles before tonight). It took me 3-4miles to get warmed up on a chilly and windy night (fortunately the heavy rain only lasted minutes) but after easing off for a tight ‘S bend’ it was suddenly easy. Part of me says ‘moderate’ but given the hard start I’ve rated it as hard. As I said you could tell I was worn out sub 85% Max HR was hard but >85% MHR was easy and I barely pushed to 90%, when I’m fit I’m sitting at 92-93% MHR and pushing over 95% MHR. I barely even feel that I’ve had a work out after that, I could do with a hillier course.
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A late, short, impromptu utility ride today; weary and sore-of-arse after a relatively large amount of miles already covered this week.
Out into an appropriately bleak, overcast and deceptively chilly day; one small saving grace being the Fuji's buttery smooth drivetrain thanks the the newly fitted waxed chain.
Did the usual rounds with little of note other than scoring a few reductions from the supermarkets.
By far the best bit was emerging from M&S to find the bike had apparently been assigned a fearsome guard hound while I'd been inside
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A little over 22 miles for about 120 on the rolling 7 day total and about 460 for 30 days. Not a record-breaker for the year so far but keeping my end up, while last week saw no riding towards the end of the week so any more before Sunday will serve to push the numbers up further
Now basking in the solitude of home; full of baked potato, cheese and tuna and thankfully feeling a bit less jaded about the state of the world than I did several hours ago.
Did you check to see if either of your wheels had been given a wash..........
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When I did the Coast to Coast walk (back in 1986
) we had a similar scare on the road climbing up out of Nateby, an F111 came tearing across the top of us and off down Swaledale. Luckily there was a nice clean beck nearby for us to wash our undercrackers in 
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A short, uncharacteristic out-and-back to Abingdon today for supplies for attempted repairs of various garments.
A nice route out through Kennington and Radley; starting on quiet roads before passing through the lakes on some nice green shared-use paths and finally the park and a few more quiet-ish streets in Abingdon.
Spent a while trying to colour match threads with the assistance of the helpful staff, then bothered a few charity shops before heading home pretty much the way I'd come.
Conspicuously cold and overcast upon heading out into a headwind, by the time I returned the sun had come out and it was so much more pleasant.
Only about 12 miles but certainly enough on top of the 120ish covered over the preceding four days for the most done in a calendar week since November. Hopefully I'll squeeze in a few more gentle rides over the weekend, but for now I can't see me moving much from the bed..
A nice route out through Kennington and Radley; starting on quiet roads before passing through the lakes on some nice green shared-use paths and finally the park and a few more quiet-ish streets in Abingdon.
Spent a while trying to colour match threads with the assistance of the helpful staff, then bothered a few charity shops before heading home pretty much the way I'd come.
Conspicuously cold and overcast upon heading out into a headwind, by the time I returned the sun had come out and it was so much more pleasant.
Only about 12 miles but certainly enough on top of the 120ish covered over the preceding four days for the most done in a calendar week since November. Hopefully I'll squeeze in a few more gentle rides over the weekend, but for now I can't see me moving much from the bed..
