Fellow Sore SaddlersFor about the last month the 3 amigos, Sally, Frances and Tim have been meeting regularly for cycling training towards the Sore Saddlers pedal to Paris ride .
We started in the Cotswolds, a slight error so early in our training as it was very hilly and we took about 3 hours to cycle 15 miles, so as you can tell this is about 1/3rd the speed we need to be achieving.
Since then we have been visiting more gently undulating countryside.
Today we met at Shillingford and took a ride in the glorious sunshine through Wallingford, then Ipsden where we visited a lovely little church "St Mary the virgin", which is over 900 years old and although small has its own organ.
Continuing on we climbed a rather too long and increasingly steep hill to Checkenden, where we were very happy to find the "Four horseshoes" just in time to catch last orders for food. Whilst we were enjoying our lunch we were amazed to see 4 steam engines arrive in the car park,. What a great way to train, couldn't have been better.
Dear Blogette,
ReplyDeleteWhat fun you are already having particularly, we expect, in all those pubs! Tomorrow David and Ann ride 22 miles along leafy Warwickshire lanes in prophesied fine weather and will report progress once undertaken. However, there will be deathly silence from us if simply go shopping instead.