Elybazza61
Guru
Couple of rides.
Yesterday was an easy commute in;
https://www.strava.com/activities/639296378
Today was a bit different;felt a bit 'meh' this morning but set off with the Helium on a different route out via Isleham and Fordham to Burwell,was a bit chilly first thing and was glad of the warmers and Hot Pack gilet.
If I still felt crappy by Burwell I could just roll straight in to work but didn't feel too bad although it was a bit harder than usual so turned off and did a detour via Little Wilbraham to Six Mile Bottom for the 'climb' up SMB road to West Wratting and then Balsham.
Took the road back to Fulbourn and another run up Worts Causway/Shelford Rd and then Lime Kiln Hill and back in to Cambridge.
https://www.strava.com/activities/640398600
As the title says was a bit of work today so this afternoons return will be an easier affair I think.
181k up for the week so should have caught up some more for the yearly distance goal and more good training(was a headwind in places)for the ride London on the 31st.
Yesterday was an easy commute in;
https://www.strava.com/activities/639296378
Today was a bit different;felt a bit 'meh' this morning but set off with the Helium on a different route out via Isleham and Fordham to Burwell,was a bit chilly first thing and was glad of the warmers and Hot Pack gilet.
If I still felt crappy by Burwell I could just roll straight in to work but didn't feel too bad although it was a bit harder than usual so turned off and did a detour via Little Wilbraham to Six Mile Bottom for the 'climb' up SMB road to West Wratting and then Balsham.
Took the road back to Fulbourn and another run up Worts Causway/Shelford Rd and then Lime Kiln Hill and back in to Cambridge.
https://www.strava.com/activities/640398600
As the title says was a bit of work today so this afternoons return will be an easier affair I think.
181k up for the week so should have caught up some more for the yearly distance goal and more good training(was a headwind in places)for the ride London on the 31st.
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). Sunny start near Beddgelert, coffee stop at Busy Bees in Penryhndeudrath, down the coast road to Harlech (passing that nice little hill near the castle
), on to Llanbedr, then through the lanes towards Cwm Bychan. Then I turned off onto a road that does an excellent job of looking like a farm track...there's enough plantlife growing in the middle of it to keep an entire gang of botanists busy for years and send David Bellamy into wapsodies. After a few miles of climbing, I was rewarded with a stunning panorama from the Llyn all the way to the Rhinogs -well worth all the gates you have to keep opening and closing to stop our woolly friends from straying. After that it's time to lose all that lovely height you've been gaining...apart from a few minor undulations it's downhill (multiple chevrons involved, and more gates) all the way to Llandecwyn , and the A road back to Penryhndeudrath, where you have to cycle back UP that lovely hill towards Garreg (unless you want to detour via Porthmadog). Boom boom as a certain fox would say
!
That made me eager to keep the speed up so even though I wasn't going the most favourable way I pressed on. Wind and gradient were in my favour past Attingham Park (up to 25mph again here) then I was into the lumpy bit where it's hard to keep up momentum.
I'll have to give it another try on my "fast" loop without the panniers and stuff.
. I was just about to shout at him, when he put his hand up to apologise, so sufficed with a glare and hand gesture back (not complimentary!)
I stopped and let them settle the horses down, with a car also waiting and then managed to inch past them without the horses becoming skittish! The riders apologised, no need, not their fault. 1st time I've ever had horses react like that on a ride though.
