Yesterdays commute
6 miles in to work via the train station, so I cheated there, but 25 miles back over the South Downs to Winchester, and then the train down from there to Southampton
However, the ride back was quite eventful, a puncture heading up towards Henwood Down, and then realisation that I'd managed (rushing the night before) to trace a chunk of the route between Old Winchester Hill and Beacon Hill along the wrong bit of the South Downs, and hence it featured a lot of footpaths, one of which, between Exton and Beacon Hill, went straight up over the down, and i could hardly walk up it, let along carry a bike up it. Also had fun with a section of bridleway that looked like it hadn't been used for years and was about 2 foot deep in grass.
Still it was a fun ride with some great views from the top of the downs, and the fast bits were just that:
That is definitely a bridleway :-)
However, the ride back was quite eventful, a puncture heading up towards Henwood Down, and then realisation that I'd managed (rushing the night before) to trace a chunk of the route between Old Winchester Hill and Beacon Hill along the wrong bit of the South Downs, and hence it featured a lot of footpaths, one of which, between Exton and Beacon Hill, went straight up over the down, and i could hardly walk up it, let along carry a bike up it. Also had fun with a section of bridleway that looked like it hadn't been used for years and was about 2 foot deep in grass.
Still it was a fun ride with some great views from the top of the downs, and the fast bits were just that:
View from Old Winchester Hill
This made me smile:
That is definitely a bridleway :-)
Got back about 9:30pm last night - so 4 hrs including train, not exactly fast but good fun all the same - speedo logged just shy of 38 miles by the time I'd got home for the day
Tired now - at least ive only got to freewheel down little switzerland to the train station after work instead of a repeat of yesterdays efforts !
Tired now - at least ive only got to freewheel down little switzerland to the train station after work instead of a repeat of yesterdays efforts !
posted by Tim at 12:21 PM
2 Comments:
What an ace commute :)
Would have been nicer if i'd have planned it properly in the first place :-)
oh and if i didnt have a further 2.5 miles to ride once i'd got to the train station through southampton
thats really crap when you just want food and to sit down!
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