In April 2006, I started to blog exercise & activity so that I could feel I was achieving something. The first thing I blogged was a ride from Pepperpot Hill south of Salisbury - which we did today. I'm sorry to report that the ploughed up section of path is still ploughed up - I guess the farmer hasn't had a change of heart ref rights of way on his land! We went with Goldfish, Captain Faff (half an hour late - true to his name!) and X. Perfect biking weather - bright and sunny but cool and gentle wind.
Good things about the route include variety of countryside. It starts on top of a chalk ridge, dropping through rolling hills to estate type woodland (rhodedendrons in full magenta bloom - they are evil though), climbing up to New Forest moorland, through cute villages & woodland up onto the chalk again. The bad things are that of the 32K, 18K are on tarmac and the carpark has a height restrictor (tricky when bikes are carried ontop of cars). Captain Faff bent his gears by picking up a tree just a few yards from the carpark - Goldfish carried out some crude repairs, but his bike wasn't right the rest of the route.
Lots of gardening this weekend - clearing one little area between the greenhouse & fence took most of Saturday & 4 carloads to the tip - sorry - household recycling facility... Garden is starting to look much better now - Husband also spent some time tidying it on Wednesday which helped.
On Saturday, I also cycled about 7k - to the bakery, coming back through the woods.
And completely non-exercise related news, I'm now blonde!
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