Loving the Sun!!

Thank god for this weather!! It is so gorgeous and making me feel far more motivated to go out on my bike!!

I cycled a total of 70 miles over the Bank Holiday weekend!! Yay me!! On Saturday Mum came over and Grant came out riding with us. We cycled over to Winslow and stopped off at Cappos again for a lovely cuppa. The Chas Messenger 2 day race was on over in Winslow too so we were watching the pros warm up for their time trial! Then we cycled back and Grant and I got cut up by a Royal Mail van!!!! Needless to say Grant gave him a piece of his mind - while holding onto his wing mirror!!
Anyway the whole ride was just a smidge under 30 miles and took us 2 hours exactly which is not too bad!!

My 2nd ride of the weekend was a lot harder!! Grant has told me i'm lazy!! He's not being rude - I am!! I don't push myself at all when i'm out on the bike, if I can't be bothered I slow right down and when he tells me to get a move on I give him some choice words!!
So the cunning fox cooked up a little plan!!!

On Monday Grant and I rode out through Woburn Sands, past Woburn Abbey, through Steppingly, Flitwick, Millbrook (gorgeous!!) to Marston Moretaine Country Park. We stopped there and had a can of coke and a slab of chocolate cake!! mmm.
There we were met by Graeme and Ruth Freestone King, very good friends of Grants (and now mine) we all sat at the Country Park, basking in the sunshine (i even had shorts and a short sleeve jersey on!) Then we set off again and Grant made me ride with Graeme, while Grant and Ruth rode in front of us! Sounds easy right?? WRONG!! those 3 have been riding forever and can go fast and are a lot fitter than me! Trying to keep up with them was really hard work, especially as we headed towards Cranfield. I had heard about Cranfield hill from Grant and Graeme, in fact most of the guys Grant cycles with dread it! They didn't lie it really is a b*tch of a hill!! My lungs and legs were screaming at me to stop!! But I got to the top eventually!!!

Then we cycled on to Newport Pagnell, Moulsoe, back towards Cranfield, through Salford (where they were having a big BBQ outside the Swan - gits!) through Wavendon and back to home!! Totalling 40 miles!!!! Yay Me!!!
And when I got home I realised I had very sunburnt arms!!! Lesson learnt - always wear suncrea, even if it does look cloudy or its not that hot!!!

And Grant told me I did well and he was proud of me! But I didn't tell you that!!!

Off out again tonight with Mum, Grant and Mum's friend from work, John Hunter! Should have gone out yesterday too but was being a lazy bones!!

Going to ride on Saturday and then Mum and I are doing a 30 mile charity ride on Sunday in Oxford!!

Thanks for reading.

Laterz!!
xx