Back to back rides now the norm

A great sunny day, but only five slammers in Richmond Park. Never mind, and with a consensus that we wanted something different than the usual Box Hill route, trust was placed in my Garmin & a route to Windsor & back courtesy of the Kingston Wheelers website. All was going swimmingly well (apart from Richard's puncture) until we passed Hampton & the Garmin decided to start directing us back to Kingston (have discovered that Garmins can't cope very well with rides that have a loop that crosses over!!). Trusting good old fashion common sense, we got back on track & soon we were feet up at the Fox & Hounds in Englefield Green for a well earned coffee. Back on the road, we were back in Richmond pretty quickly & by the time I got home, the ride was 64 miles.

After an hour's less sleep with the clocks going forward, I scraped myself out of bed for what has to be the norm from now on in, consecutive days of riding. A short one at 34 miles, but 700m of climbing so good practice nonetheless.

A Slam weekend!!

Down to Cardiff on Saturday to watch Wales win the Grand Slam, back in time for a fantastic cottage pie at Bistro Union, and then out on the bike on Sunday morning. Only one other Slam rider in Richmond Park (Adil from Maidenhead), so we headed out to Box Hill, and then used the Garmin to guide us back to Richmond via Epsom Downs. Very enjoyable 61 miles.

Disjointed ride, another Welsh win

A somewhat disjointed ride today. Seemingly we lost a few people in Richmond Park (exactly how, who knows), and while three of us stopped in Cobham, the others whizzed past, necessitating a chase across Surrey. Caught the group up, but it appears that group riding was not the order of the day, and I knocked it on the head just short of Ranmore Common & retraced my steps. All in all, about 57 miles, so worked out ok in the end. Home well before ko in the rugby, and yet another Welsh victory. Bring on the French!!

Fitness of a different kind...

...no cycling this weekend as it was off to Gstaad for a resurrection of the annual ski weekend after an absence of two years. Great weather, snow good if on north facing slopes, and great food/wine, though in typical Swiss fashion, not cheap. Guess I can count it as leg strengthening, even if it did little for above the waist!!

We beat the English!!

A sunny Sat. Only six people on the ride but a wholly enjoyable trundle out into the Surrey countryside, a ride up Box Hill and all in all, 58 miles. Back home in time for the Six Nations. Not the best performance from the Welsh, but who cares, we won!

Off skiing next weekend, so guess I need to spend some time on the turbo trainer in the week, but at least skiing is exercise!

Better weather & good luck Wales

The weather is a little more pleasant & I am hoping for a big day tomorrow. A morning in the saddle, followed by a dash back home for step 3 in the Grand Slam dream. Fingers crossed we put England to the sword! I have offered Lawrence £50 on the result with the loser contributing to the victor's Slam fundraising efforts, but he is yet to take me up on it. Maybe running scared!

Daffodils, turbo training and off to the velodrome

The bad weather curtailed last week's training on Sat morning & I then headed down to Wales to watch step two in the Grand Slam dream. Even Mrs Y got into the spirit of things with the latest addition to her wardrobe.

The turbo trainer is now up & running and it got its first usage last night with a 30 minute pedal.

Off to the Olympic Velodrome this evening for the track world cup. Looking forward to it.