Poppies & Cornflowers

Friday:
Big D - just under!
Exercise - just the cycle commmute
Saturday:
Big D - Who cares! I used over 2,200 calories on today's bike ride
Exercise - refer to above!

B's a proper cyclist. He's ridden from Lands End to John O'Groats. He has 4 bikes. He complains that his cycle commute isn't long enough. He loves big hills. He watches the Tour de France. But as he is primarily a road cyclist, I was kind of hoping that lack of bumpy mud experience might keep him at a pace that mere mortals (ie me & Husband) could aspire to. Fat chance! We did a route from the house as B hasn't lived here for long & I was keen to show him the off road options locally. We got started a little later than planned due to tyre & tube replacement and Husband was dubious about the weather - it was spitting. Good ride though - we pushed up from the planned 20k route as B seemed to be enjoying himself (difficult to tell from a distance though) to a 41k spoon shaped route including up the impossible hill (we all walked some), SDW and Cheesefoot Head where the poppies and cornflowers were looking pretty. 2 punctures for Husband but he opted to simply keep the 2nd pumped up as it was towards the end and the rain was setting in for the day.
I'm hoping we can persuade B to come out again as I'm curious about his uphill prowess compared to Goldfish & Whippet Boy.

Breif visit to allotment on Friday as I'm in frantic preserving mode. Quite pleased with my first ever jam attempt (blackcurrant) but disappointed with how little juice I've extracted from 1 whole bush.