8°C, light NW wind, milky sun.
Not ridden for a week due to another exhausting cold. One day, I even suspected I had Corona virus when a cough suddenly started. Today, suddenly, I feel better, so that was a false alarm.
False crown
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DofE 5: Lambourne (b).
11°C, grey day with light breeze.
Surrounded by worries about the Coronavirus, we are back at this little campsite. The mule, who now has a name – Black Jack is still here and in good voice.
This pandemic could cause me substantial lost income. Most schools are allowing trips to go ahead although sports fixtures are being cancelled. We have lower contact numbers so we may only be affected later.
Poor little pups had horrible weather on day 2. He rain was heaviest at lunchtime. Though it was not quite torrential. One was pulled out after skidding in mud and turning an ankle.
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.
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.
DofE 2: Bury st. Edmunds, training
A daunting long drive is the result of some poor planning by me. And it’s only 1 day’s work. Is it worth it? In all, 240 miles including a stop off to visit mum. I have negotiated a stay in a local scout camp which should be good.
D1: that was straightforward, we got through the material in good time and the kids did a thorough job. The route cards were done in an Excel spreadsheet which had a few good functions. It would work out journey times from other values the groups inputted. An oddity was that it had no cell protection. Overall, it was a good system that combines traditional methods with a spreadsheet. Functions were not as thorough as eDofE’s but it lacked the infuriating bugs
Micycle 