I went for a bike ride today. I wanted to do a circuit near my house as I’m lucky to have some good cycling infrastructure and quiet roads.
I’d been out for about 30 minutes. I had a good cycle down to the river and I’d hit 30 mph at one stage. I’d pootled along the river footpath and up a fairly big hill. I was thinking of heading home, about 10 minutes away, when I had a bright idea.
There is a shared footpath that runs beside the ring road. I sort of know where it comes out near me and I was keen to explore to give me more safe routes to cycle.
To cut a long story short, I got a bit lost and ended up cycling further than I anticipated. Unfortunately this has aggravated my arthritic hip. On the plus side I did find where it leads.
I also saw a few trees showing early blossom. It will soon be glorious out there!
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