Sunday, June 04, 2006

Virtuous Weekend - mostly

Gym on Friday night pre pub - normal bike/x trainer/weights routine followed by only 1 G&T and 1 bottle speckled hen.
Gardening on Saturday - planting and watering.

Highlight was bike ride on Sunday - 10.8 miles from Butser hill. Route was odd - serious downhill at the start folllowed by a mix of up & down, then a seriously uphill bit where even Husband walked, finishing with a level/ gently rolling section.

Track was in a very dodgy state in some places - as you can see from the photo of Husband stuck in the mud! One bit would have been more aptly named a bridle ditch than a bridle path. Bikes got caked in mud - so lots of digging out mud with sticks at break points. Pity that Husband did such a good job at cleaning them on Saturday (which was much appreciated)....

I did wimp out on one uphill (the serious one) and on some of the downhills - in one place, in order to enable me to get off the path to let some dirt bikes past - I'm glad I don't cycle with an ipod as the path was narrow, bendy with sightlines obscured by trees - I heard their approach so could get out of the way.

Went with Husband and M. M insisted on telling me about how his bottom ring was claggy and his underhang was smeggy - I do feel sorry for his wife at times - but apparently, he was referring to his bike...

Fab views from Butser hill - south down to Portsmouth and the sea, north over rolling downland.

Not very much nature noticed - the ragged robin and cow parsley are now dominating the hedgerows. I heard a blackbird at one stage - no it's not unusual, but no more gorgeous to hear for that.

1 comment:

Rahsickles said...

wow, that sounded like fun, thanks for your comment on my blog, no one had commented for ages so i was beginning to think that i was the only one looking at it! phil looks good in his gear, he has eith lost alot of weight or that kit is really flattering! can't really tell in which from the photo!