Almscliffe

Good 20m ride to Almscliffe with Jonathan and his friend Jezz. Jezz's first cycle for a while so bit slower than usual, but nice recovery ride for me after yesterday.

Biblong tights!

Due to a combination of my old cycling tights falling to pieces and suffering a cold back from the top layers riding up, I invested in a pair of Endura biblong tights. Never worn these before and to be honest they look horrific, but I can see that they will be good for keeping the back warm. Will try them out tomorrow!

York

Wanted to do a 50-ish miler today, but I like to have a destination in mind, so opted for a ride to York (ca. 66m)

Not a wonderfully inspiring route (apart from the cool inversion layer 2 miles from home - see below), but good to hav an extended ride and my legs felt it at the end.

Inversion Layer

The bike outside York Minster

Leeds Loop

Decent 25 m circuit into Leeds tonight. Bit of rain/sleet which made things a bit hard going (and very cold) but good to get out still.

Ilkley 15

Briony late home so late night cycle to stick to the plan. Very foggy and cold, but a decent ride nonetheless.

Weekly Plan

I like a schedule. I need a schedule. Here's my schedule.

Week Commencing 22.02.10
Monday Light weights
Tuesday Free
Wednesday 15m road
Thursday 25m road
Friday Weights (FAIL - had a curry!)
Saturday 50m road (65m)
Sunday 15m off-road (20m road)

Weekly Mileage 105m (125m)

More snow

More snow fell overnight so I didn't fancy taking the road bike out. Instead, I opted for the expedition bike and thought I'd follow a road which I saw yesterday while on the road bike. It was a good decision as the road soon became a track through a beautiful pine forest which then became a moorland trail through heather and deep, deep snow drifts (had to carry the bike for a mile!). Great descent along tracks until I picked up the road again at the top of Denton and flew back to Otley.

Stupidly I forgot to take my mobile phone with me on this ride and also forgot my watch so I had no idea what time it was. I was supposed to get back to collect Beth and only just made it (by luck rather than good judgement). Although I took a map and some warmer clothing in case of an emergency, I was stupid not to take my phone or wallet or anything else with in such conditions. Lesson learned.

As it happens, everything went well and I really enjoyed being out on the moor with no-one else in sight.