Date:
Wednesday 5th August 2009
Rider: Keith (not an official GOWCC ride)
Distance: 15 miles
Weather: Sunny, dry & warm, but very wet under wheel.
Time: Departed HQ2 12.00, returned HQ2 14.00.
Solo Riding!
Due to Tuesday's poor weather the evening ride was postponed
to Wednesday so my only option was to get out during the day as a solo.
I thought I'd try a route I'd done before but in reverse. So a nice
descent
to
Horrabridge then the long climb up Jordan Lane to Plasterdown then,
for some reason, I carried on up to the top of Pew Tor. When I eventually
got to the summit I was done in! I wandered
on past Vixen Tor and
Merrivale to pick up Badger Alley, although one stretch could have
been renamed Badger Stream!
Whilst heading up the hill to Walkhampton, a
Land Rover
came the
other
way. It
was
at a particularly narrow section of the road, so I dismounted and tucked
myself and bike into the hedge. As the driver slowly passed me,
she uttered words I'd never heard before from a lady, quote, 'I hope
you're
tiny'!!!
As I passed HQ the handle bars did their usual twitching again then
I nearly spent some of my beer money on an ice cream at the old aerodrome!
But
no,
straight
home,
hosed
the
bike
down
and had a cup of tea, that's solo riding for you!
