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Too cute.
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Stop off on today’s ride with Jr. Superb riding weather.
When we got back from the ride our daughter had made another cake
Sticky toffee cake with caramel icing
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Will be leaving enough room after dinner for a slice
I'd be wondering if was worth leaving room for dinner after a slice!
Worcestershire. From Gloucestershire.
Quick spin around the local woods with the oldest daughter.
When we got back from the ride our daughter had made another cake
Lordy! How do you get through all these amazing cakes with becoming a family of lardies??
Short spin taking in various cobbled streets in central London.
A slice at a time. 😅 It tastes great. Would have never thought of putting the flavours of a pudding into a cake. She usually makes our goodies for the race weekends but since they have been cancelled/postponed she is using up the ingredients. Her chocholate brownie Cadburys cream Scotch eggs will have to wait for the next Tweedlove
Waited til this afternoon to avoid the crowds. Alpacas keeping their distance.
Forgot about this thread, not today but yesterday on the road bike
chocholate brownie Cadburys cream Scotch eggs
I had to re-read this bit of the sentence three times. Even looking at the words is delicious.
A warning from the world to definitely remember the 'no gnar' bit. I did, and still ended up on my arse in a fallen tree.
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@halifaxpete - I really like that sculpture of Scammonden Res. Getting to know it really well as it's close to here.
Not riding these days, so here’s one or two taken when I go out at the weekend, I can’t be bothered during the week - these were taken Saturday and yesterday, the first couple on the edge of town, the others out at Biddestone, several miles away.
I was hoping to find a place where there were bluebells, celandines, violets, primroses and cowslips in the same place, but couldn’t quite manage it.
Edit - here’s some I took about a week ago just outside of Calne, at a nature reserve called Morgan’s Hill, a place with fantastic views; first one looks across to the edge of the Cotswolds on the skyline, from just above Bath on the right towards Warwick on the left - if it’s really clear, you can see the high points in the Brecon Beacons and Black Mountains behinds them! There’s one from a clump of trees called Furze Knoll which the local bikers use because it’s got a great bomb hole in the middle with a big drop-in, the shot between the trees has Silbury Hill in the middle distance behind a small dark area of trees.
A nice ride today
Think the message was already clear.
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One of the mutt from this afternoons pre dinner appetite building run.
Such a lovely evening. Could have stayed out for hours.
Plenty of bluebells out in the Surrey Hills this morning.
Quiet, dry trails and sunshine. Despite everything that's happening, this is shaping up to be a lovely Spring for riding after the wettest Winter I can remember.
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First ride on the rigid experiment. Very enjoyable and not as hard on the wrists as I feared. I think I'll persist with it as it suits the current riding.
One from yesterday's ride out-
There has been a lot of felling, with a lot of debris on the fire roads, I was very wary of a stick/wheel interface!
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Yesterday’s ride with my eldest
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@Dashed I seem to think I know where that is from riding along the Mersey once 18 months ago. If you look left is there a great big bridge?
Yesterday's morning road ride down the valley in glorious sunshine and not a breath of wind. The wind turbines in the background were all still. A real rarity. I didn't half pick an opportune time to get a road bike. Just before the lockdown. Very out of character for me. Loving the empty traffic-free roads
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And here's Sundays walk with my girls through the local woods. Binnerette number 1 immediately took advantage of the school-free situation to dye her hair bright blue. I'd expect nothing less. We need to find loads of Bluebells so she can camouflage herself
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Living in the sticks hasn't half come into its own this last few weeks. I really feel for people who aren't lucky enough to have access to any decent outdoor space from their door
Trying to explore the familiar to avoid getting too far from home. Found a lovely little bit of singletrack up on the moor.
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Not a photo, as such, but I've reworked one of my designs to get the social distancing message across
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A good 17 miles up round Cardiff and the hills behind:
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Sadly slightly ruined by coming across a couple who had come all the way from Bristol to walk their dog and towards the end finding lots of groups not keeping their distance form anyone. Roads are busier than last week too, mainly private cars.
Last nights run
Apologies for the multiple re-posts up there, I don't know what happened!
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This mornings bimble. Got time for a bimble every day now I've been furloughed.
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Nice bluebells there Stu.
Fab aren't they.
Went through the same woods last week and there was no sign of them so it was a pleasant surprise.
Mix of gravel and road on the Sequoia this afternoon, 22.5km in all - perfect weather!
New wall, old wall
First road (only) ride in about a year yesterday after just MTbing and riding my CX bike on paths. Was a lovely day for it and I enjoyed that nice feeling you get when you get into a smooth rhythm on the big ring and can just churn away.
After a long time out of the saddle I’ve really enjoyed being back on it lately. Hopefully the feeling lasts.
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From last night's cross bike trundle
It's our youngest daughters 22nd birthday today. She should have been getting all excited about disappearing to Canada after Uni finished along with fitting in some races.
Instead she has been doing jigsaws and trying to keep her fitness levels up.
Tonight's celebrations include watching a film an eating birthday cake. I may need to stop my eldest baking as we haven't finished the last one
Today's is chocolate fudge cake
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A 23k round trip from the door to the highest point in Shropshire, Brown Clee hill yesterday afternoon. A bit of road then some bridleways and byeways I'd not used before to get there. Found a memorial I'd not noticed before to the 23 allied and German airmen who died in the Clee hills during WW2. Didnt see one car and barely saw another soul.
More rigid fun. Got a load of PRs on climbs thanks to the low weight.
A bit of funky cloud formation on tonight's ride
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Not going to post this morning's photo as it's at the end of a rather cheeky trail.
Was another bloody enjoyable ride though. Took the MTB this time and much fun was had. Having said that, I did take the chicken run down one particular section I normally ride. Seemed a damn sight steeper than normal and the parched conditions made it super sketchy. No way was I going to risk going gnar.
Day off today & the sun's shining..
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@ElShalimo thanks it is a place called Wavering Down on the Mendip hills, the view is looking over towards The Quantock Hills and Exmoor in the distance
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Yesterday's ride was a short loop around the local hills. Also did a little loop in some woods that one of the local estates has put in and is open to the public though they don't advertise it. Nice and warm but a strong headwind at times. Trails were dry and dusty.
Not been out for a very long time so went for a bimble with MrsSB who's been furloughed and seems to have commandeered by bike!
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I decided to mix it up a bit with my one a day yesterday. Got the Bauers on and had an early morning jaunt down into town to skate the empty car parks. It was ace!
If anyone had seen me I must have looked like an advert for a holiday resort specifically designed to appeal to middle-aged gay Germans, but I really don't care 😀
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Today's was a bit more back to normal
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The wee lad decided to move on from his toddlebike today. Has previously just been pushed about a bit on it, but he picked it up and within minutes was zooming. Great.
First ride out after 14 days self-isolation. Man, I would love to be up there.
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More local bimbleage with Mrsstu.
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Very wet ride out today, discovered a little copse absolutely stuffed with bluebells.
was nice