It's light when I wake up these days. Summer is coming, but first there's spring. Some of the blossom trees are in bloom, some not. My blossom tree is still bare, but my California lilac in the back garden is starting to bloom, it's all looking very promising. Today (Saturday) was cloudy and dull, there was no rain, but I'm not sure what tomorrow holds. Andy won't be riding so I'll probably ride to mum's early in the morning.
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| Our bikes in Tatsfield Village. Pic by Andy Smith |
Today I left the house around 0710hrs, I was running a little late. Fortunately, the puncture I fixed last Saturday had remained fixed. Both front and back tyres were rock hard and believe me, it makes a big difference. I found riding up Church Way slightly harder than usual, just because I missed riding last weekend, first because of the puncture to my rear tyre and second because of Storm Freya, which arrived on Sunday. The whole day was a wash-out, which meant no cycling. Miss a week and you soon find yourself out of condition.
Andy and I decided to ride the slow way to Tatsfield village and when we got there we did the usual: we took out the tea and biscuits and had a chinwag. I'm off the biscuits at the moment (I eat too many during the week). I've also stopped putting milk in my porridge, but the annoying thing is that eat too many biscuits during the week so I'm compensating by doing a lot of walking at lunch times. I'm averaging 12,400 steps per day and on one day I managed over 15,000 steps. For some reason I'm always hungry.
We rode out of Tatsfield and it looks as if by next week the daffodils will be in full bloom along Approach Road. We turned right and rode along Clarks Lane towards Botley Hill. Andy went home via the Ridge and I rode along the 269, moving on to the off-road track to avoid the speeding cars. I was going to hang a right and ride down Beech Road to avoid the 269, but decided to risk the off-road path all the way to Warlingham. Right now I have no idea whether I have a puncture, but I'll find out in the morning.
I was home before 1000hrs, had a shower and got on with my day.
