Ride 3 with Barry

Those who know me well know that I'm not a morning person. But I've decreed that Monday's and Fridays are generally going to be my cycle days (so I have some rest days in between). But yesterday when we looked at todays weather forecast and saw 40+mph winds for today from 10 am Barry suggested that we get up early and do the bike ride!

So we set off before 7am and enjoyed listening to the birds singing. We heard Chiffchaffs and saw, Blackbirds, Robins, Chaffinch, Great Tits, Jackdaw, Pheasants, Rooks, Thrushes and this little Blue Tit and some next boxes in Pilley! 

Riding with Barry did make it a bit quicker than normal, so there weren't so may stops for photos, but we did have to stop for a road block :-)

I was allowed to stop and take and take a picture of the bluebells :-)

Barry did admit that he saw things on the route that he doesn't usually see going at a slower speed tan normal for him.

Cycling back across the strip of road by Hatchet Pond, which is always a windy area, we could feel the crosswinds and we were glad that we were only a few miles from home.

Having eaten a recovery cooked breakfast, we are now watching the trees swaying in the wind and are pleased that we are home!

The bike computer says that we cycled 24.9 miles (although my watch said 25.23, but I'm going by the bike computer) so I am  virtually now as far as Luton.

This would be day 1 if the ride hadn't been virtual - not a day's cycling that I would like to do, but hats off to all the Heavy Metal Truants who've done it over the years for charity.

Thank you Barry for teaching me a new road route and for kicking me out of bed early.

Only 126.9 miles to go!  You can sponsor me here.

Thank you for reading this.

Julie x