http://www.mycyclinglog.com Most recent rides by Rebecca19804 on My Mycling Log. http://www.mycyclinglog.com/ride_detail.php?uid=11930&lid=924947 153.92 km in 09:25:24 hours on Surly Pacer. [Cycling] RIDE REPORT: Wowbagger's "Unseasonable Visit to the Grotto" ride. Left home at 8pm to cycle to Hitchen, where we caught the 21.22 train to Cambridge: total cycling 22.8km. We then met up with Peter aka Wowbagger and had a second dinner at Pizza Express, before setting off at 23.40 for.... Southend! Approx. 120km of lovely rolling country lanes, broken by an hour's break at the 24-hour Tesco superstore in Great Dunmow. Arrived at Peter's home in Southend approx. 09.20, whereupon he served up bacon, sausages, eggs and mushrooms, with lashings of hot tea! Along the way, we saw: myriads of rabbits and a couple of hares, two hedgehogs, a screaming peacock on the roof of a house (at 5am - someone will shoot it one day!), two barn owls hunting at dawn, two cats (one an unusual colour I have no idea of the name for), one Jack Russell, and a llama. Far more chocolate-box villages than I could keep track of -- thatched roofs and all. Very little traffic all night -- even on Friday evening between Luton and Hitchin -- until we were approaching Southend (after 8am). The most people-related excitement we had all night was the police car tailing us before Saffron Waldron, then overtaking us and stopping ahead of (prompting us to expect queries of the "what on earth are you doing out here on bikes at this ungodly hour"? type) but then it shot off into town ("something better to do"). A few minutes later, we passed a couple of officers interviewing drunken young people as we cycled through town. Weather far better than forecast: we all had full sets of waterproofs but fortunately none were needed. Skies overcast with mild temps of around 7-8C and slight tailwind. Clothing from top down: Gore headband with Walz wool cap; L/S merino baselayer, L/S Smartwool jersey, Gore Windstopper jacket; Gore Windstopper tights over Ibex 3/4 knickers; knee-high merino socks; Shimano MW81 boots. After the Tesco stop, I swapped headgear for Endura merino cap, and also my gloves from my new AnaNichoola Sorbet winter gloves (lovely warm & breathable fabric but rubbish padding) for my Specialized full-finger gloves with merino gloves over them (quickly shed once I'd warmed up). Had Spesh mitts for return journey home during the day. First overnight ride I've completed this year. A shade under 100 miles in old money - which is the longest ride I've done since June 2012 and only the second of that kind of mileage since the Dunwich Dynamo in 2010. Extremely exhausted and cross-eyed for the last 15k or so - probably more from sleep deprivation than exertion. Home around 1pm - slept intermittently til 8am the next morning. I've had very little in the way of soreness or aches afterwards, except for clicking and stiffness in my bum knee, which had begun complaining at about 100k. end odo 2751.3 2013-05-19 14:05:47 PDT http://www.mycyclinglog.com/ride_detail.php?uid=11930&lid=923729 39.51 km in 02:39:23 hours on Surly Pacer. [Cycling] Train assist to TRL near Bracknell and back; 3 hours testing traffic light patterns. end old 2597.4 2013-05-19 14:05:37 PDT http://www.mycyclinglog.com/ride_detail.php?uid=11930&lid=922485 24.26 km in 01:26:22 hours on Surly Pacer. [Cycling] To Harpenden for Pilates, then home via Harpenden-Luton cycle path as far as Newmill End, left on W. Hyde Road, up over the hill behind Luton Hoo to drop down to London Road A1081 to pick up usual route, with detour to Pepperstock to pick up Amiiee's dress. end odo 2557.9 2013-05-13 14:05:55 PDT http://www.mycyclinglog.com/ride_detail.php?uid=11930&lid=921710 114.33 km in 06:35:54 hours on Surly Pacer. [Cycling] Flying Dodo's Tilting At Windmills ride, the abbreviated version where I cycled from home to near the start (at Tring station) then set off cross country (Aston Clinton, Bishopstone, Stoke Mandeville, Haddesden) to intercept the group at the lunch stop (in Thame), thereby missing the hilly part of FD's route. Hilly bits approx 30k for me, plus long slog to the windmill in Brill. end odo 2533.36 2013-05-12 23:05:59 PDT http://www.mycyclinglog.com/ride_detail.php?uid=11930&lid=920484 29.86 km on Surly Pacer. [Cycling] To Harpenden for Pilates and back via Pepperstock; then to Pepperstock (errand with Amiiee) and back. Computer says 19.86k in 1:17:42 but wasn't working for part - about 10km missing. end odo 2419. 2013-05-11 05:05:00 PDT http://www.mycyclinglog.com/ride_detail.php?uid=11930&lid=919906 10.64 km on Surly Pacer. [Cycling] Harpenden train station to home. end odo 2389.4 2013-05-07 03:05:05 PDT http://www.mycyclinglog.com/ride_detail.php?uid=11930&lid=919920 57.58 km in 03:41:16 hours on Surly Pacer. [Cycling] ISLE OF WIGHT RANDONNEE 55k. From Shanklin to Alverstone control to check in. Then along National Cycle 23 to Newport and Cowes, where we picked up the main 100k route to Wootton and Bembridge. We "bailed" at Brading to catch the train to Ryde Pier Head for the ferry back to mainland. end odo 2378.8 2013-05-07 04:05:08 PDT http://www.mycyclinglog.com/ride_detail.php?uid=11930&lid=919922 10.00 km on Surly Pacer. [Cycling] home to Luton station [5.32k]; Shanklin station to seafront then to hotel [no computer]. 2013-05-07 04:05:40 PDT http://www.mycyclinglog.com/ride_detail.php?uid=11930&lid=917615 24.28 km in 01:27:46 hours on Surly Pacer. [Cycling] to Harpenden for Pilates then home via cycle path to Luton Airport Parkway, up Cutenhoe Road, through Stockwood Park and down the cycle path to cross over Newlands Road, then up steep gravel track over the M1 to connect with Woodside Road and from there to home via usual route. Was doing well with speed except the Harpenden end of the cycle path was clogged with a walking group (as apparently that is the thing to do this month). Also stopped half a dozen times to take photos. end odo 2315.9 2013-05-01 12:05:19 PDT http://www.mycyclinglog.com/ride_detail.php?uid=11930&lid=916591 21.87 km in 01:11:59 hours on Surly Pacer. [Cycling] To Harpenden for Pilates, then home via Kennel Lane, Coles Lane, Pepsal End Road to Peppercorn. end odo 2291.6 2013-04-29 07:04:02 PDT