I decided to go out for a ride to ride through the solar eclipse... Last time it happened we lived in the south of England and took the day off work. This time I didn't need to and my OH couldn't, so it was just any ordinary ride really, only the light was really nice today so there are a few photos.... So for those of you who don't know the Whitegate Way off by heart yet.... And I did go a touch further than I have done, so there are one or two new trees to look at. Actually I went as far as I can on the trike without my husband coming with me to check if I can get through a barrier at the bottom of a steep incline. I want to have someone around just in case it turned out I can't get through it and need help getting back up the slope
so this might be the end of the line for me in distance on the Whitegate Way, but it does mean I meet some of my favourite trees again - some wonderfully gnarley old silver birch trees.
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Playing around with the reflection in the water and the wonderful stone work of the A556 (Manchester - Chester) road bridge.
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There was something in the light today that made even the muddy section look good!
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Sometimes, just sometimes people add that little something to the picture.
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The light was definitely nice today, but also hazy. The Eclipse was not far away at this point.
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New territory and its been a long time since I last saw this section.
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It's the trees on the right along this section that I love. They are twisted and gnarley old silver birch - just beautiful.
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The eclipse has started now, and the sunlight has taken on an evening quality to it.
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The eclipse has started now, and the sunlight has taken on an evening quality to it.
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OK - So I did take a photo of the eclipse and here it is.
So the furthest I can go on the Whitegate way appears to be 14.4km (8.95 miles) and I managed my best average yet 10.5kph.
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