Too Hot For Pedalling

Phew, what an absolute scorcher of a day. I think, though I don’t know for absolute certain, that today was the hottest day of the year up where I live. A steady 26c from about 11am onwards. As I normally work Saturday mornings, that meant I missed any opportunity to get out before the sun … Read more

Time Crunched

It seems as of late that everything I’m doing is on some crazy short timescale. At work I’ve been trying to meet a ridiculously tight deadline that, inexplicably, got canned first thing this morning. What that meant is that I could take a lot of pressure off myself, and instead go for a dinner time … Read more

Sun’s Back

Something of a typical ‘me’ ride today. Out and back again with a hill approximately half way there. The first half of the ride being mostly up – even if only 1-2%, and then the second half being the opposite. As this was a ride up to Longridge, there are a couple of small but … Read more

Cooped Up Inside

Throughout the latter half of this week – mainly since Thursday – I’ve been feeling sore in my right knee. I’m not sure if this was damage done during last Sunday’s long ride, or maybe the way I’ve been sitting (cross legged) during the working day. Whatever, I’ve not wanted to put undue pressure on … Read more