11°C, strong sun & building wind.

Burscough road ranger:
11°C, strong sun & building wind.

Burscough road ranger:
10°C, light S, dry & bright.

A fun circuit round a familiar 23 mile route.
Today is The Grand National where thousands get dressed up to go and watch live horse whipping. The winning horse ended the day in tragedy. And as if I didn’t hate horse racing enough, this happened…
Through the last village I looked across to see a woman dressed up as if to go to a wedding. But she was on all fours with her head down looking between her hands. And there between her hands was a puddle of yellow vomit.
I felt disgusted by that sight and that these people support a sport that is usually associated with animal cruelty.
This was supposed.

This was supposed to be a relaxing hour long loop. It was harder and longer. The ground was hard & cracked on the sea defence dyke which hammered my hands and reduced speed to about 6 mph. Eventually, I got to Tarleton at 6 pm and hungry.
The return was easier on normal tarmac. Anyone thinking of rising this part of the National Coastal Path might consider using front suspension ( if you have that choice).
16°C, moderate W, full sun all day.

Excellent shorts bike ride day.
13°C strong SW, storm Dave approaching, some driving drizzle.

Activity this week adds up to 976 minutes including 214km.
Each morning, I go out for 20′ walk before breakfast to wake up. This is working well for me as I’ve done this for 4 weeks now.
9°C, light WSW, dry.

11°C, light cloud. Brisk southerly & dry

Used a chunk of the morning to service the cross bike. It has internally routed cables and those bits need care. The worst thing to do is lose the cable end inside the frame. I didn’t do that. My troubles were from a cable sheath end-stop stuck in the frame. That took ages to get out.
Anyway, I got out on the racelite and rode until I got tired: 45 miles.
7°C, light & dry. Cold W onshore breeze.

I got my target. I wanted.1,000 miles ridden by equinox. Today I passed 15 miles over with two weeks to go..

March is low because.were currently only one week in. Equinox.is.the 3rd week.
12°C, still & no wind. 0 cloud.

Sunny and still: ride the fixie. The Paddy Wagon is running well though the original.rims are worn out. I just got a quote for rebuilding them with new rims – £40 per wheel. I’ll do that after I fit the summer wheels.
12°C, brisk SW, dry & cloudy with bits of sun.

I took more food than usual & rode to Dalton & behind. I fitted a conventional Speedo yesterday & fixed a puncture.