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To Brightlingsea via the wiggly roads north of Maldon:
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51092368959_4fa4668a8e_c.jpg
Fair to say it was a cold one, but worth doing. My new cheap ass Chinese heated vest paid dividends. £18 well spent. Also remembered the heated grips this time
Not my most flowingest ride ever but still a decent average speed across the 125 ish miles total. |
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arry wrote: |
Every time I see your pics I wish to be somewhere nicer in the country. |
Where are the hills?!
I think it's just wr puts a little thought into his photography. It's not roads and scenery (except some of the old country villages) I miss from the south of the country. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Don't forget your supplementary oxygen ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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wr6133 wrote: |
but yeah Salisbury Plain is quite flat. 150 square miles of it on my doorstep though, probably more Byways and green lanes than any other part of the country. |
I rode the area for a couple of years when I lived in Oxfordshire. Tbh, I preferred even Essex. Never been into off-road of even the mildest description, so I didn't have that consolation. ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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wr6133 wrote: | Rural Wiltshire, Hampshire and Surrey are all commutable to London, especially if you have work from home options so don't need to do it everyday. |
They are, but not in the same way. I'm door to door in less than an hour on the train and it's buttons for a ticket. In an Oyster zone so can just tap in on credit card and off we go.
The thought of spending 4x as much on a ticket, minimum, and at least twice as long, just makes me want to gag. Regardless of how much I get in return. I don't think I'll be WFH more than a day / two a week, tops, once we all get back into London. I don't like WFH, either, if I'm honest. Been an absolutely shit year for that - started a new job and have never met ANYONE from my team.
I'm retiring in around 15 years so will have plenty of time in later life - assuming I don't snuff it first, of course. |
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trevor saxe-coburg-gotha wrote: | https://www.ceequal.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/CQA-536-Capitol-Park-Spine-Road-01-featured-image-16-9.jpg |
You've been there before, haven't you? I can see the attraction ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Yep, I was out last night. Scrubbing in the new tyres by progressively riding the Snake Pass . . . twice. Decided on this occasion to make the detour to the top of the Upper Derwent valley. This road is odd in that it's closed at weekends and bank holidays from the main car park at Fairholmes, but as a local getting there in the evening is perfectly possible. Despite this, I've never actually travelled to the top. Some sort of murder drama was being filmed too about halfway along it! The road was twisty and a bit loose, but it felt like another world up there. Really quite glorious.
Here's a few pics, one of the VFR at the top of the Upper Derwent road, then another by Ladybower just before rejoining the Snake Pass.
https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/upperderwentsmaller.jpg
https://www.bikechatforums.com/files/ladybowersmaller.jpg ____________________ TG. |
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Beautiful light in that one ____________________ Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
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Today I have been to Mundesley.
A little town on the north Norfolk coast.
Why? Because I wanted a bag of chips and a cup of tea.
No other reason.
Not a lot there, but that’s part of the charm .
Nice beach
A war memorial and a memorial to the bomb disposal fallen.
And a woolly mammoth bone .
https://i.postimg.cc/JDj2q9WF/8-FFC06-A1-9-E5-A-435-D-BA38-B17-BB00674-BC.jpg
https://i.postimg.cc/KkbddZQb/071-AA436-B799-410-C-9074-D47-C5-F42-E706.jpg
My little RX3 Chinese 250 was the ideal bike today.
The roads (B1150 & B1145) leading to Mundesley are not fast roads, but nice anyway.
It was really nice to get out on the bike.
However, there still is a spiteful nip in the air and the sunshine fools you into thinking you need less kit than you really do.
Luckily for me I took the precaution of putting over-trousers & t-shirt in my panniers, hmmm toasty! . ____________________ I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now!
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Looks lovely. I've been stuck indoors all day working. I haven't been to Norfolk since I was a kid but I keep meaning to get over there as people keep telling me what a nice place it is. ____________________ TG. |
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Old Thread Alert!
The last post was made 3 years, 44 days ago. Instead of replying here, would creating a new thread be more useful? |
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