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Antony Moxey

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10,703 posts

248 months

Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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...it would appear summer has arrived (and will no doubt swiftly turn into autumn tomorrow and winter by the weekend). How great to go out in just shorts and a PH top with no long sleeve base layer(s) underneath, no long fingered gloves, no windproof jacket, no overshoes, on a clean and shiny bike (that's still clean and shiny) and come home dripping in sweat instead of rain with a face the colour of Alex Ferguson's on a bad day. Or good day for that matter. And no headwind either.

How fortuitous to have today booked as a day off to wait for a BT man to arrive, and how doubly fortuitous that he arrived mid morning and was done in half an hour.

Gizmoish

18,150 posts

238 months

Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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Amen to that. I'm just getting home from work, it's so beautiful I'm off out.

2volvos

660 posts

230 months

Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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Even London was a joy to ride round today. Hoping to hit the Worcestershire lanes tomorrow evening...

Gizmoish

18,150 posts

238 months

Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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Only a quick ride in the end. Got the blood flowing but what I really wanted to do was amble around the forest on the mtb.

Jimbo.

4,221 posts

218 months

Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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Managed 2-ish hours in the evening sun, which was nice! Limping around at a laughable 25Kph average thanks to a knee injury: slow road to recovery, and all that frown

Mr Gear

9,416 posts

219 months

Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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2volvos said:
Even London was a joy to ride round today. Hoping to hit the Worcestershire lanes tomorrow evening...
Yes! Only a bicycle could make a London commute fun on a day like today.

Vocal Minority

8,582 posts

181 months

Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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Had a nice little spin home from work (back after poor scheduling and illness left the bike at the office for 2 weeks)- Worcester to Malvern on the back lanes. Lovely sunshine, smells of spring, warm. What more could you want?

Fozziebear

1,840 posts

169 months

Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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Dropped the kids at school and hit sheer wood pines for 2hrs of sunny stupidness, loved it.

mw1987

35 posts

220 months

Tuesday 23rd April 2013
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Couldn't agree more. Went to Cannock Chase after work. There was actual dust being kicked up instead of mud! Was brilliant. Drive back wasn't bad either.

P-Jay

11,405 posts

220 months

Wednesday 24th April 2013
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Had a pretty epic weekend, I was on Hols from work last week, had a couple of hours in the local woods on Friday with my ipod flicking up dust and riding roots that didn't feel like Teflon coated ice, spent Saturday riding around the green trail at Brechfa with my Wife and Son in the Sun, we even had a lovely picnic half way around, Sunday rode the new version of White's Level at Afan, pretty good all the way around, till it threw it down just as we got to the new final descent and I was actually pretty nervy coming down it, it's pretty awesome, but brand spanking, barely bedded in trail and with the rain became a 2cm layer of mud over a very hardpack base - slippery as you like - fun, fast but scary.

IroningMan

10,598 posts

275 months

Wednesday 24th April 2013
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I managed to get out on Saturday - and then picked up a nasty cold just in time for the sunshine. rolleyes

Fozziebear

1,840 posts

169 months

Wednesday 24th April 2013
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I'm considering ditching the housework and hitting the Forrest again tomorrow. Should be able to get a couple of fast laps in, try not to crash this time smile