ON YER BIKE

After our holiday a couple of weeks ago,I decided to attempt to get fitter, ha! and at the same time use the car less and do my bit to save the planet. So I bought a bike.

Since then I have been for a ride every day, however, it was such a shock to my Gluteus maximus that it will be some time before the bruising subsides.
I don't ever remeber feeling so much pain and discomfort thirty years ago when I used to cycle for pleasure. Could it be that I am carrying more ballast ? Don't answer that !

Just a few miles every day to build up my stamina and pain barrier, it does seem to be working, probably because I am enjoying it.

We met a young chap on holiday who had cycled 2,500 km from his home town in the Netherlands to Rome in just three weeks, and sight seeing en route, now thats dedication for you.

My blip shows a section of cycle routes around the city of York, a lot of them on disused railway routes, they really do make a difference to cyclists for either commuting or for leisure, and I hope to explore them all eventually.