11°C, drizzle, almost still.
15st 10lb, what a shock the scales were recently! I need to cut the sugary snacking.
Remembrance drizzle.
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Category Archives: Winter Bike
Gloomy August 40
16°C, light S, dull, rain later,
The bridge at Solom is done now. It’s a small stone bridge not the big girder bridge that leaves your ears ringing with the noisy slats on top.
Old time.
Arrow, 20°C, sunny with brisk S.
England is a filthy country, there is rubbish dumped in a field.
Astbury hilly
17°C, light SW, bright & dry.
Rode the Arrow round the back of Astbury Monument for some hill intervals. This bike is showing its age (26 years) but the repairs it needs are minor (a new chain and some creaking sounds).
Arrow: cafe visit
16°C, strong W, gusts 40mph+, dry though.
The cafes are reopening. I went to my favourite, the Velo Café at Twin Lakes just as they were closing up. John let me in for an espresso.
Thunder
20°C, dry spell between thunder clouds
Dodging showers today, in fact there were deep rumbles inland from thunderstorms that were to miss us. They passed going north but further inland. Hardly any rain fell here – I could have gone out on the Zing.
I don’t know what’s going on with this speedo, it gets stuck sometimes on a high speed and the distance is then wrong. As you can see, it’s parked going 36mph!
Ordinary commute with a fire
23°C, light Sth, full sun.
The oily black cloud of smoke seems to originate in South Lancashire. It seems too dark for a moorland fire. The plume trails all the way towards the lake District.
Later: news reports of an industrial fire in Newton-le-Willows, about 30 miles south of the place this photo was taken.
From the east.
6°C, moderate NE, sunny. Mustang.
The cassette needs changing. There is one cog that skips a bit under pressure. The new chain and BB are running nicely however.
Fully back to health for the first time properly in over a month. One cold followed another this winter, perhaps the wet weather playedf a part. That’s nothing to what’s coming. I’m now out of work, all DofE cancelled for at least 6 weeks and schools have closed – no supply work either.
I may be driving deliveries soon to help fix the empty shops.
100mins in a gale
7°C, strong SW and ¼ he of heavy rain.
Rain, rain…
7°C, heavy rain and strong SW wind.
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