Suggested that route in the Cumberland News to a councilor who says she rides from Warwick on Eden to town on the pavement, bloody silly trick as she has to cross the A69 and then the slip roads on the M6.Since sunday was a write-off with that freezing fog, I commuted to make up for it. 5 miles in, 16 miles back taking the long way round past Eden Golf Club and looping through Wetheral.
Felt much better than last time out
Rounding! Say, outward journey 6.165 miles plus one inch, rounded up to 6.17 miles. Return journey 6.165 miles minus one inch, rounded down to 6,16 miles?
That's almost exactly the same as my first proper crash when I was about 8. Still have the scar from that one.I came off my bike tonight after misjudging a kerb. I thought it was the dropped bit i was going for but instead it was the raised bit so i skimmed it then came off at about 20mph.My contact lens eye sight is pretty poor so that's my excuse for misjudging it.. I travelled about 8 feet with the bike ending up on top of me. My first thoughts were "get this thing off me,i'm so embarrassed",as a long line of queuing traffic must've seen it happen. The bike was ok apart from a few scrapes and the front tyre went down on impact. My only injury is my left knee which lost a fair bit of skin,and it's starting to stiffen up a bit. Apart from that i managed 24 miles,but i'm a bit peed off as was hoping to do 30.
