Your ride today....

[richardfm]

I'm in Llanelli for the weekend with a couple of pals I was at college with almost 50 years ago.
Yesterday's activity was a walk along Rhossili Bay. We started near Llangennith and walked almost to Worm's Head along the hill. The tide was too far in to get out to Worm's Head. After a reviving pint we walked back along the beach.
Today was bike ride day, Llanelli to Camarthen and back. I chose a longer route, but one of the lads wanted a shorter route and failed to notice the steep hills! We were compensated by some great down hill runs.
We stopped in Kidwelly on the way back for very welcome carrot cake and tea.

 

[PeteXXX]

I love that the three named places on the route map are Pontcysyllte, Froncysyllte and ... Trevor

It does have a certain je ne sais quoi about it, eh!? 😂

 

[wafter]

More utility-adjacent fare..

Out fasted at lunchtime into another unfathomably nice if hot day; taking the usual routes to various charity shops.

Scored a shallow glazed terracotta dish for my rescue-plant from Oxfam for £1.49.It was ostensibly £1.49 at least; when I attempted to pay I was asked if I wanted to “round it up” – “no, I’d not like to round it up thanks - actually I’d appreciate it if you’d knock a bit off for the fecking appalling ‘music’ I’ve had to endure since my arrival” is how I perhaps should have replied.

Onward to a few more locations; scoring an orange and blue check-ish Timberland shirt for £9.50... On the fence about the colour, sold on the fit. May or may not ever wear it..

A reasonable session on the rings then it was onwards to inspect the equipment in Cutteslowe park; which included some machines allowing various exercises against your own body weight. A clever idea with which I was impressed after having a go on a few; I think regular stops here are in order

Ogled some nice mid-century flats in Cutteslowe then headed back home using the signed cycle routes to the east of the Banbury road which took me pretty much to town, then onward via the tow paths with a bit of trimming en route.

Oddly 26.26 miles on the 26th day of the month; and very nice to be out

 

[ColinJ]

On Sunday afternoon I did a very gentle, slow 14 km loop of some undulating lanes near Crediton, avoiding the tougher ramps that I normally seek out. The reason for taking it so easy was that I had finally persuaded my non-cyclist nephew to borrow a bike and I didn't want to put him off. He seemed to enjoy it so I will ask him out again on my next visit and maybe try for 20 km next time, weather- permitting.

 

[PeteXXX]

Earlyish ride around Salcey Forest this morning with friends before loads of kids on school holidays arrived.

I was first there so started on my flask of coffee & breakfast. 👍

The route I used from Hartwell, where I'd parked the car, took me under the M1 and into the forest just by the Emergency Services slip road onto the southbound carriageway.

My CX & a Gruffalo 🤷‍♂️

Anyway, a couple of circuits in the forest, a cuppa when the café opened and a chat with a mate whi turned up with two kids & a dog 🦮
All very sociable!! 😋

15 miles by the time I got back to the car. 👍

 

[EltonFrog]

A ride on the indoor bike today, not very interesting, but at least I feel safe and I don’t get frustrated and angry when people try to bully me off the road.

 

[EltonFrog]

Another indoor bike ride this morning, then this afternoon out on the hybrid to the shops for ice cream, mostly traffic free, bridleway/very quiet county lanes to the farm shop and back, about three and half miles and no ****s. Which was nice.

 

[Elybazza61]

75K loop through Cambridge today with a couple of stops en route.

Headed out via 20p road down to Cambridge via Cottenham and then Histon before heading to the old employ to pick up some bits and have a natter.Then out to Bicycle Ambulance for a very quick natter as they were very busy after a two week holiday so didn't get anything today but will catch up with them when they have calmed down a bit.

Headed out along Newmarket Road rather than the river path as it was particularly quiet on the roads and then via Fen Ditton to Stow cum Quy and back up through Burwell and in to Fordham, then out to Isleham and the long drag that is Prickwillow and Putney Hill roads (it's all one road really) to Prickwillow and home.

Started at a nice temp but got much hotter on the way home with the Garmin reading 32% at one point so had a nice cool down under the trees on the Palace Green in front of the Cathedral.

One of the big houses on the green;

So that brought up the 800km for the month so that'll do I think for this week although may see if I can get the BH out later in the week if it cools down.

 

[HLaB]

Two rides for me today. I took the day off to join some mates on a ride up to Belvoir Castle. For me on the southside of town it worked out at 100 miles and I wary Id done the Dunwich Dynamo etc at the weekend (178 miles in total), so rather than going out with the paceline tonight as I would normally do, I went out with the slower group.

Riding to the start there had been a serious accident that closed the A1 NB completely and 1 lane SB so it was total chaos on the rural roads as folk tried to find their way round it. Apparently after being closed at 3am it's still closed near midnight. Fortunately, it seems that nobody actually died in the crash. It was a suspected drugged up lorry driver hitting another lorry.
Lol, I got to a local village with an ancient narrow bridge and there was a Mexican Stand off between drivers which helped no one!