Today's Ride

Just a little jaunt tonight. Tired after work but there's that sneaky feeling of nights drawing in, and a turning of the season. Hence, make the most.

Plenty of Deer about, the male barking possessively (or defensively when I got close?).

Barn Owl waiting patiently in a copse for the dark.

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Just a little jaunt tonight. Tired after work but there's that sneaky feeling of nights drawing in, and a turning of the season. Hence, make the most.

Plenty of Deer about, the male barking possessively (or defensively when I got close?).

Barn Owl waiting patiently in a copse for the dark.

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Sunrise and sundown both magic moments !
I woke up in a field of long grass in France early one morning and startled a load of deer that hadn't realised I was there ....the look of shock before they scarpered 😆
 
A misty cool morning. It did get a lot warmer later but i was home on the garden by then, in-between watching the WC DH races.

A lap around my local woods today which were surprisingly quiet, saw quite a few birds which recently have not been about, not sure why, anyway the woods were alive with sounds. It did rain in the night but the ground is so dry it was still hard and running nice and quick, always good so you can float over the roots instead of smash through them.

Still really tired from the school holidays, after next week and a deserved rest I will be able to start traveling a bit further out and hitting some of the better local woods and singletrack again.

Another nice ride.

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Well, really heavy rain last night and complete grey cloud cover this morning along with rain showers created an air of uncertainty over today's ride. I had decided i was prepared to get wet and was going out regardless, my friend took a bit of persuading. It actually turned out really nice and by half way through the ride we were wishing it was a bit cooler and would have welcomed a spot of rain.

Today's ride was a really nice loop i haven't been on for a long time, taking in most types of tracks and trails, and despite the heavy rains which did leave some large puddles in places, the trails were still hard and running quick, only stopped a few times as we were to caught up in the riding. A couple of hours later found us at an old bmx track we used to ride at, and after a couple of laps the realization of a long ride home ahead. Quite a few long drags but some really nice singletrack and trails to break it up.

Really tired now and despite a fun ride quite glad to be back, oh, and the last picture, we did spend a while seriously contemplating rescuing Mr Hopper 🙃 :)

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A wet, humid hot ride today. Nice when moving, slight breeze, though very humid and almost tropical in the woods when stopped. Now i am home it has turned very warm again with blue skies.

A few others out today, feels a lot like a weekend, though plenty of sections to myself to enjoy. Lots of wasps for some reason and the first signs of Autumn. Great ride again.

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