A good day's cycling

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers said:

Not all was bad today in the cycling life of the Unfit Family. This morning Nathan went out on a
club training ride as Alex from the club kindly offered to keep a weather eye on Nathan. Thanks,
Alex, you are a gentleman. The Sunday training ride is a regular club outing, but not one Nathan
has been overly keen to join in on before now. It seems Nathan had a lovely day of cycling up to
Walsingham and back.

Cheers, helen s

I had a little toddle around today, glorious day up North too, cooler than yesterday. Yesterday I
went in search of a new route based on the Spen Valley Greenway. I couldn't find the route I was
looking for at the Bradford end and ended up riding home via a very steep hill then on a very busy
major route out of the city. I arrived at a scene of an incident where some poor cyclist was knocked
off his bike. He was sat on the road with a blanket over his legs and three or four people in
attendence presumably waiting for professional assistence. The car windscreen was smashed, don't
know if the cyclist hit it or the driver.

Anyway today I went back on the SVG (NCN route 66) and found the route I wanted, a bit of a climb
but not deserving of a chevron, great views though. I need to suss out a better way of getting to
the other end of SVG to avoid too much af Dewsbury.

I feel really privileged to be doing fine weather riding in mid December in these parts

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers said:

Not all was bad today in the cycling life of the Unfit Family. This morning Nathan went out on a
club training ride as Alex from the club kindly offered to keep a weather eye on Nathan. Thanks,
Alex, you are a gentleman. The Sunday training ride is a regular club outing, but not one Nathan
has been overly keen to join in on before now. It seems Nathan had a lovely day of cycling up to
Walsingham and back.

Nursing a cold today so passed on a ride even though it was beautiful outside. Went with family
instead to the Cambridge Arts Cinema to see Belleville Rendezvous after all the good reviews here
and thoroughly enjoyed it. Going back to see Touching the Void when it opens next week.

Tony

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Not all was bad today in the cycling life of the Unfit Family. This morning Nathan went out on a
club training ride as Alex from the club kindly offered to keep a weather eye on Nathan. Thanks,
Alex, you are a gentleman. The Sunday training ride is a regular club outing, but not one Nathan
has been overly keen to join in on before now. It seems Nathan had a lovely day of cycling up to
Walsingham and back.

Cheers, helen s

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Indeed a great day for cycling, here in Holland too. Blue skies, temperatures around freezing, all
very nice. Took the new tandem out for a spin towards coffee & cakes (and back). Life is good ;-)

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Tony Raven said:

Nursing a cold today so passed on a ride even though it was beautiful outside. Went with family
instead to the Cambridge Arts Cinema to see Belleville Rendezvous after all the good reviews here
and thoroughly enjoyed it. Going back to see Touching the Void when it opens next week.

I'm really looking forward to seeing that. I read the book only a few weeks ago. The human spirit is
an indomitable thing.

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Not all was bad today in the cycling life of the Unfit Family. This

morning

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Nathan went out on a club training ride as Alex from the club kindly

offered to

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keep a weather eye on Nathan. Thanks, Alex, you are a gentleman. The

Sunday

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training ride is a regular club outing, but not one Nathan has been overly

keen

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to join in on before now. It seems Nathan had a lovely day of cycling up

to

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Walsingham and back.

My first time out (except of local utility trips) for over a month as colds & flu (and lack of
motivation) had kept me off the bike.

Brilliant. Lovely weather. Crisp, bright & cold.

Stiff as a board this morning -- but the cobwebs seem to have blown away.

T

MSeries said:

I had a little toddle around today, glorious day up North too, cooler than yesterday. Yesterday I
went in search of a new route based on the Spen Valley Greenway. I couldn't find the route I was
looking for at the Bradford end and ended up riding home via a very steep hill then on a very busy
major route out of the city. I arrived at a scene of an incident where some poor cyclist was
knocked off his bike. He was sat on the road with a blanket over his legs and three or four people
in attendence presumably waiting for professional assistence. The car windscreen was smashed,
don't know if the cyclist hit it or the driver.

Anyway today I went back on the SVG (NCN route 66) and found the route I wanted, a bit of a climb
but not deserving of a chevron, great views though. I need to suss out a better way of getting to
the other end of SVG to avoid too much af Dewsbury.

I haven't sussed out how to get off the greenway at the Bradford end to get anywhere useful, is you
way doable on a road bike?

From Clecky I go up to Bradford via Hunsworth lane, East Bierly and Tong Street, which can be busy,
but the traffic doesn't go too fast as its not too wide and lots of shops and lights. After the ring
road its a very fast drop into town.

You can also go up to Scholes, across the A58 at the lights, up thu Wyke and Moor Side to Odsal.
The drag up to Scholes is not very nice, a wide single carriageway where a lot of people drive
way too fast.

Did you do Chainbar? I've never had the bottle.

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Tony W said:

My first time out (except of local utility trips) for over a month as colds & flu (and lack of
motivation) had kept me off the bike.

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Brilliant. Lovely weather. Crisp, bright & cold.

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Stiff as a board this morning -- but the cobwebs seem to have blown away.

I've been gradually getting the family used to me heading out on Saturday mornings.
Unfortunately there is usually something on that means I have to head off really early if I want
to get a good ride in.

Saturday I was out at 7.30 having bought a very nice led light for the road bike (15 quid, light is
bright enough to ride by at a moderate pace) and went out towards Glamis castle. I took the long way
round, adding a loop on to my normal 'long' route (being short, round and unfit, long is about 30
miles). Un over the sidlaws wasn't too bad but the descent into Coupar Angus.. I think the road
surface fairy had been out and made it so rough. It was as if the tar'n'chip surface had been part
removed, leaving an extremely uneven and uncomfortable tarmac to ride on.

Anyway, through to Coupar Angus, turn right to Meigle. Straight on to Glamis. Everyone seemed happy,
motorists smiled and were patient (they tend to behave quite nicely round here especially early on
saturdays before the hot-hatchers get up).

Into Glamis.. the castle was closed till the spring so no chance of a cuppa at the tea shop. Stopped
at the garage for a bar of fruit and nut and then back along what is currently one of my favourite
roads. It is a narrow minor road that runs from Glamis to Newtyle (and beyond) but is located fairly
high up the side of Strathmore and has very nice views. Low traffic and not too lumpy.

Up the hill at Newtyle, waving at the roadies who set off from the country park at 9 as they went
past the other way and home before 11 for breakfast.

Great thing was that this was the furthest I have ridden for many many years and I felt as if I
could go much further. Maybe I am getting fitter after all.

..d

Dave Kahn said:

On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 17:48:31 -0000, "Tony Raven"

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Going back to see Touching the Void when it opens next week.

I'm really looking forward to seeing that. I read the book only a few weeks ago. The human spirit
is an indomitable thing.

When I read the book it was unputdownable even though you knew what the ending must be. The thing
that really amazed me though is that they survived long enough to have the accident

Tony

AndyMorris said:

I haven't sussed out how to get off the greenway at the Bradford end to get anywhere useful, is
you way doable on a road bike?

From Clecky I go up to Bradford via Hunsworth lane, East Bierly and Tong Street, which can be
busy, but the traffic doesn't go too fast as its not too wide and lots of shops and lights. After
the ring road its a very fast drop into town.

You can also go up to Scholes, across the A58 at the lights, up thu Wyke and Moor Side to Odsal.
The drag up to Scholes is not very nice, a wide single carriageway where a lot of people drive way
too fast.

Did you do Chainbar? I've never had the bottle.

The SVG ends just after a bridge with a old stone house on it. Going towards Bradford immediately
after the last bridge is a path/track on the right. The path goes two ways, off to the left and down
the hill is a dirt track ( I did this on the tourer on Saturday) but to the right it doubles back
and goes to the road that crosses the bridge. Turn left onto this road and you get to Oakenshaw and
come out by the church. Left then right and under the
M606. Right again to East Brierly, keep going straight (past Hunsworth Lane near the PO) and stright
on to the A650 at Westgate Hill. I go right to Morley here. All of the route I describe here
is tarmac and is no worse than any part of the SVG - I am very impressed with the surface on
the SVG. From my house in Morley this is a 13 mile circuit with a nice little climb.

I haven't been round Chainbar for a few years now, its just too wide allowing the motor vehicles to
go too fast for comfort fo me, I don't like the drag up from there either. I turn off at Husworth to
Cleck. then up the hill and under the SVG to the top. Right towards Scholes and over the M62.

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Tony Raven said:

Dave Kahn said:

On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 17:48:31 -0000, "Tony Raven"

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Going back to see Touching the Void when it opens next week.

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I'm really looking forward to seeing that. I read the book only a few weeks ago. The human spirit
is an indomitable thing.

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When I read the book it was unputdownable even though you knew what the ending must be. The thing
that really amazed me though is that they survived long enough to have the accident

If you think that was unputdownable then you should read his autobiography, This Game of Ghosts. To
keep it on topic it does include a cycling accident.

His life seems to be a case of surviving one major accident after another. The book is one you
daren't turn the page but can't not do so. Definitely not a 'I'll just read a few pages before bed'
because you'll still be reading it at 3am.

..d

dirtylitterboxofferingstospammers said:

During the summer months the road re-surfacing fairy has been out round various country lanes in
my bit of Norfolk. What were before *smooth* road surfaces which were great to cycle on were
covered over by a thin layer of tar and liberally sprinkled with gritty chips of varying sizes
from dust to boulder ;-) For weeks afterwards, cycling along any of these re-surfaced bits was
like cycling off-road and I did not enjoy it! The "fun" bit was that in the re-surfacing, the
fairy had not bothered to fill-in any potholes on the road...

The re-surfacing fairy round here arranges for fast cars to drive over said gritty chips to remove
all the loose (and some of the not loose one) so that you return from your cycle ride potmarked with
high velocity gravel chip impacts and a liberal pebbledash coating of tar covered chips that have
stuck to their unintended target

Tony

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I think the road surface fairy had been out and made it so rough. It was as if the tar'n'chip
surface had been part removed, leaving an extremely uneven and uncomfortable tarmac to ride on.

During the summer months the road re-surfacing fairy has been out round various country lanes in
my bit of Norfolk. What were before *smooth* road surfaces which were great to cycle on were
covered over by a thin layer of tar and liberally sprinkled with gritty chips of varying sizes
from dust to boulder ;-)

Dalbeattie being closed for rallying, we spent Sunday afternoon at Ae where the forest roads had
been 'regraded' with what seemed like a mixture of gluey clay and sand - most unpleasant to ride on
and seemed to suck energy out of the tyres.

It was an utterly gorgeous afternoon weatherwise, though, so although the route was disappointing it
was nice being out.

However I'd had a brilliant ride around Dalbeattie on Saturday with the village kids, so all in all
a fun cycling weekend.

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