A quick dash home on Friday afternoon to find G (JR junior) in spring like tog weight 4.5 - IE shorts and light jacket. This certainly was a surprise as the car temp gauge indicated the outside temp as 8 deg C and falling.
A text message earlier in the day alerted me to the fact G must have overheard my cry for a cycling partner and there he was looking "Keen and Lean". Sometime later I appeared more suitably clad to survive the worst of any North East blast. OK this is beginning to sound oh so familiar I know, but getting the right combination of base layers, mid layers and outer shell is so important. Boil in a bag is no fun but infinitely better than the pain of hands flooding with warm blood while de frosting by the fire.
The jury is still to check the distance travelled on Friday night but “Lean and Keen” does not necessarily convert to beating the old man home. The way I remember events, I was home and dining before G staggered in the door.
Early Sunday morning and the plan was to cycle out by Tough, Towie across to Logie then turn east and home via Tarland. This route is 49 miles door to door and takes in many wonderful views on near deserted roads. The sun was up and shinning through clear blue skies, trouble was the temp gauge was now reading 5 deg C with a very stiff wind coming out of the North West.
Fully togged to level 12, toes clipped in and away I go, yes just me on my own again so perhaps waiting for the young un might have been the better decision, then again the final sprint for the line is so important to all roadies.
An easy session in the gym on Monday night just to spin out Sunday’s sore legs. A knock on the door Wednesday night takes me out for a leisurely off-road ride around the tracks of Castle Fraser, a cup of tea and a good news with the boys.
The ETAPE’s on Sunday so time now only to check over the bike, add an extra bottle cage and stuff another inner tube into the saddle pack, but will two be sufficient!!!
Looking forward now to meeting up with the posse and our B&B friends at Windsor Gardens (www.windsorgardensbedandbreakfast.co.uk).
JR.
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