Family Henley 10k
What's all this? A tag on my shoes?
So after seeing H complete a half marathon in Nottingham last month we somehow signed up for the Henley River 10k 🤔
Three PBs. A 5th, 24th and 83rd overall, with first prize to our support crew and the post-run Easter pint.
Next?
Passion Play
The best way from Paddington to Trafalgar Square? Two-wheels! You get fresh air (closed roads!) and exercise and all the sights!!!
The seats weren't too bad 🤩
And back to an old haunt for some food. Can you guess where?.
Too small and too big
The reviews were right. Even going up a size these were almost impossible to put on. I needed stick ankles and fat feet to fit. Shame.
Forty
The footpath is now cleared. So you don't need to step out into the road to get round the brambles, and for the first time lovely F and I could hold hands walking home from a night out. The speed limit is now 40. Which makes it a tad less scary when someone ignores my signal to turn right, or isn't paying attention when the driver in front overtakes me irrespective of oncoming traffic.
Anyone would think that gambling with someone else's life was a perfectly acceptable trade for being able to join the queue for the Shillingford Bridge traffic lights a few seconds sooner.
60k loop
Section 1: Wallingford to Oxford off-road, along the old Roman Road that linked Dorchester with Alchester.
Section 2: Along the Thames Path to Abingdon.
Section 3: Cycle highway 5 to Brightwell via Didcot and Long Wittenham.
Sun. Rain. And two flats (one white).
DJ Shadow
DJ Shadow | Bristol: Please respect those who would like to enjoy a device-free experience.
Construction incoming
The weir is still shut. But there are hints that steps are slowly progressing. Here's hoping.
The project update
A little update on the project. It's going to be a little bit more work than we thought; some of it is showing the wear and tear of 300+ birthdays.
Morning Run London Pt 2
Day 2 in London. Day 2 of morning runs. Earlier today because I didn't sleep.
Morning Run London
Up early for a 6k loop around Parliament and the South Bank. Quick stop at what was Oren in Coin Street for the memories ♥
Walking Back
I used to ride through Bank Junction every work day. It's now getting the pedestrian-friendly treatment. Welcome to a spot of calm in the city.
Squeezing along the north bank Thames path to catch a glimpse of the river.
Broken x100
It's been a while since a broken camera. But the X100 is locking up randomly. <sadface>
</sadface>. Hopefully the lovely Fuji techs can fix it.
Spaces
There are two platform-side bike racks at Paddington Station. These are the racks for annual commuters. Or at least they used to be. There's a lot more spaces free than before the pandemic 🤔
Opps. No shower
The universe, with its sense of humour, comes at you fast.
I should have known that gloating about being the only one would have its downside.
Almost that loop again
I really do enjoy this loop. Except this was slightly different because last weekend the bridleway along the river was flooded and I decided I liked the idea of dry feet for a change.
Very muddy. Feet didn't stay dry, but did stay warm. Enough.
Probably far from a fair test of Homethings washing up liquid. But hey, why not? It did a pretty good job too...
