Todays ride did not start too well, the bike emerged from the shed with a puncture, but it is just a slow one so I pumped up the tyre and guessed I could safely do 15 miles without it going down, so off I went only to have a collision with a Pigeon within the first 100yds of my ride, this was probably a good thing though as it alerted me to the fact that I had forgotten my helmet, so back home for that and finally I got under way.
Having seen Davids picture of a pothole last week I have been noticing just how many there are, In fact I rode right into one the other day, so that's probably where the puncture came from. Wokingham district council have filled in a few of the potholes but the road is now wearing out around them.
They come in all shapes and sizes.
I took a ride up Crazies hill again, then back down through Knowl Hill and a little run through the woods (probably not good for puncture avoidance) Then through White Waltham past 2 of my favourite pubs, no point going in on my own. And finally back home.
Cycling on ones own is not much fun even in the sunshine but today I was wearing my marvelous "Oakley Thump" musical goggles, I can thoroughly recommend them. It is interesting how the different styles of music can affect how you cycle. A bit of Folk or Reggae is good for pootling around, but you need something like the "Cha Cha slide" (Dance track) to get you up a hill or the Penguin cafe orchestra's "Beanfields" is another good hill climber.
Anyway enough from me lets have a few more of you adding to the blog.
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