Today's Ride
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No pic's today but that was pretty squelchy in a good way. Trails are still fast with lots of pebble-dash mud all over the place.
After missing my ride yesterday I was determined to get out today despite the drizzle. As I hit the first trail on the edge of the village I passed 2 scally drug dealers on BSO's dividing their stock. On a positive note the fly tipping in the same spot I reported via the Clearwaste app is gone. After a ride along some of the Derwent Walk I dropped down to Hamsterley Colliery & a short road section to Blackhall Mill & into my local Chopwell Woods. The pond in the last picture is one of several old bomb holes in the woods from WW2 where a Luftwaffe bomber that had missed it's target on Tyneside dropped it's bombs as it turned for home.
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Went for a spin, late morning. Didn't want anything too demanding, so i hit the Flitch Way. Those that don't know it it's NCR 16, or at least part of it. It runs from just outside Great Hallingbury to Braintree. It's a dismantled railway line. Unfortunately it is broken in two at Great Dunmow, and the link between the two parts a bit awkward. All in all, it's a really lovely ride and good for a couple of hours, safe , almost flat spinning. A couple of other NCR's are also accessible close by, if you want to add variations. As it can get busy with other users at certain times of the day.
Saw a well-spoken old boy kicking something off the path, some distance ahead of me.
Turned out it was someone's wallet, and he clearly didn't want to do the right thing. So I picked it up, rode up to him and asked about it, and then took a trip to the local cop shop this afternoon to hand it in.
Some people. I get the covid thing, but I missed the memo telling us to stop being decent people.
I put in about 25 miles. The route of my ride looked like a pair of spectacles on the map. Ground was nice and soft after the rain. Few muddy puddles, but nothing significant.
Breezy, quite strong at times. Sunny, about 20°c. Nice day.
Went for a spin, late morning. Didn't want anything too demanding, so i hit the Flitch Way. Those that don't know it it's NCR 16, or at least part of it. It runs from just outside Great Hallingbury to Braintree. It's a dismantled railway line. Unfortunately it is broken in two at Great Dunmow, and the link between the two parts a bit awkward. All in all, it's a really lovely ride and good for a couple of hours, safe , almost flat spinning. A couple of other NCR's are also accessible close by, if you want to add variations. As it can get busy with other users at certain times of the day.
Saw a well-spoken old boy kicking something off the path, some distance ahead of me.
Turned out it was someone's wallet, and he clearly didn't want to do the right thing. So I picked it up, rode up to him and asked about it, and then took a trip to the local cop shop this afternoon to hand it in.
Some people. I get the covid thing, but I missed the memo telling us to stop being decent people.
I put in about 25 miles. The route of my ride looked like a pair of spectacles on the map. Ground was nice and soft after the rain. Few muddy puddles, but nothing significant.
Breezy, quite strong at times. Sunny, about 20°c. Nice day.
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Lived in Great Hallingbury for a year or so after moving from Stansted when i was young. Lived in part of a huge house with a turret and moat, and large tennis courts, that's all i can remember about it really. Oh, me and my brother used to take the owners dogs for walks, one was a Dachshund and the other a Great Dane
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Lived in Great Hallingbury for a year or so after moving from Stansted when i was young. Lived in part of a huge house with a turret and moat, and large tennis courts, that's all i can remember about it really. Oh, me and my brother used to take the owners dogs for walks, one was a Dachshund and the other a Great Dane
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Nice shots gents.
With my right calf still recovering, running remains on-hold. So it was a great excuse to get on A'ha yesterday and inspect the "carnage" after super(!) Saturday. Pleased to report that most of the pubs didn't open or had cleaned up well judging by the lack of litter. Even more pleased to report the number of runners and cyclists out.
I've been itching to get out of my local postcode so I popped over to Blackheath and Greenwich, did a few loops up and down the hill then onto the Thames Path heading east. I haven't been on there for a few years and it's great that all the silly diversions have disappeared now most of the new-builds are complete.
A light shower breezed in for a few minutes but overall, whilst it was windy, it was glorious; warm, fresh and just one of those days when it's a joy to be outside. I pootled over to Woolwich then up and over Shooters Hill whilst taking in a few little park and path diversions.
This morning I kept it local but made a load of diversions to test out some new running routes and came across a couple of lakes. One of them (not pictured) is closed due to C-19 but it owned by a local fishing club so fingers crossed I can check that out soon.
Nice shots gents.
With my right calf still recovering, running remains on-hold. So it was a great excuse to get on A'ha yesterday and inspect the "carnage" after super(!) Saturday. Pleased to report that most of the pubs didn't open or had cleaned up well judging by the lack of litter. Even more pleased to report the number of runners and cyclists out.
I've been itching to get out of my local postcode so I popped over to Blackheath and Greenwich, did a few loops up and down the hill then onto the Thames Path heading east. I haven't been on there for a few years and it's great that all the silly diversions have disappeared now most of the new-builds are complete.
A light shower breezed in for a few minutes but overall, whilst it was windy, it was glorious; warm, fresh and just one of those days when it's a joy to be outside. I pootled over to Woolwich then up and over Shooters Hill whilst taking in a few little park and path diversions.
This morning I kept it local but made a load of diversions to test out some new running routes and came across a couple of lakes. One of them (not pictured) is closed due to C-19 but it owned by a local fishing club so fingers crossed I can check that out soon.
