Hey! Let’s for a bicycle ride! On a bloody cold November lunchtime with the potential for black ice on the roads!
This wasn’t the wisest of moves. But I had a spare couple of hours, and there was blue sky up above.
I’ve been pretty much trapped in Weird Wiv over the past fortnight. All roads in, and all roads out have been closed for various roadworks.
That’s an exaggeration, obvs. But it has been a right bloody pain to plot a circular route with constant road closures.
I wasn’t entirely sure that I had a clear run in front of me. I decided to chance my luck.
Five minutes in and I was dismounting and pushing the Raleigh electric around a blockade of roadworks.
Arse.
I was already bloody cold, and didn’t really warm up for the next hour and a half or so.
I headed out around the lame Bobby George BONER of a route. It’s a not very challenging 30km or so circuit. It was the first time I have ridden these lanes in over a month.
Nothing had changed, natch.
The highlight was catching some local kids at Alresford receiving some road training on their bicycles.
I believe the children are our future, etc.
Chapeau!
I’m still bloody cold as I type.
