9°C, gale with 45mph gusts, sunny and dry though.
Again, not much energy in the legs to draw upon.
Aughton orbit.
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DofE 4 : Lambourne (a).
Bronze practice expedition:
I’ve been here before, the camp donkey is in better voice than last year. At the end of each ee-ore, he does a horsey rasp as if to punctuate.
Day 1: walking with group 2 who were very energetic. I had to tick th off when I caught them high up a tree. They gone into woods to pee so of course, I stayed outside. That’s why I didn’t see them climb.
Day 2: what a blistery night. The tent got a really good shaking. Some kit was wet, which should never happen. It’s time for a new one.
Got another one
7°C, brisk W, dry with white cloud,
Got another cold. I decided to use the rule that it’s okay to train if you’re cold is only above the neck. Still, I had no real energy so plodded along the sea wall slowly.
100mins in a gale
7°C, strong SW and ¼ he of heavy rain.
Rain, rain…
7°C, heavy rain and strong SW wind.
Clammy rain.
7°C, rain and wind.
Dodge showers
8°C, between showers, some are hail bearing.
Rode the Arrow and enjoyed a return to form (to some extent). Those long cranks feel fine, I can really stretch my legs on the cruise sections.
Dennis strikes
8°C, strong SW wind, gusts to 50mph. Sunshine too.
Floods are a feature on the landscape today. I left off the overshoes because the temperature was okay forgetting that it’s easy to get wet feet riding through a flood. As it turns out, that is what happened.
Storm to storm
9°C, sunny with light NW.
Slow but steady ride since I’m still recovering from a heavy cold. Oh, well, the coffee was good
DofE 3: Framlington, Suffolk
Training, 1 day, Gold. They’re planning Practice and Qualifying on the slopes of Snowdon.
The is was a nice job. The kids, the school staff were great. These Gold Award students were obviously high fliers.
The biggest chunk of the day was mapping and route cards. Their routes are in familiar parts of Snowdonia, well trodden by me and Rosie over the years. The only negative was the enormous drive for one day’s work.. For this reason I’m not doing this run again.
Micycle 