Last Rides of 2018.

Another good cycling year in which I covered over 4,300 miles on my bikes. More than I covered in Dobbin my camper car.

My dynamic duo. Dobbin and Paris.
At Cirencester Park.

This was despite some health issues and some frustrating punctures. My plan to cycle elsewhere in the UK by moving around using my Camper Car, Dobbin, has proved to be very good. 

The trips were as follows:

1. April. Camped in Derbyshire, visited family in Yorkshire, Friend Michael in Rhos-on-Sea, North Wales, family in Herefordshire.
2. May. Camped in Ashwell, Herts, Peterborough, Hunts, Cromer, Norfolk, Little Melton, Norfolk & Cambridge.
3. June. Stayed with David in Bournemouth, camped at Crossways near Dorchester.
4. August. Stayed in Cirencester Park and rode in Wilts & Glos.
5. September. Stayed in YHA hostels in Derbyshire and Yorkshire. Did some hill walking.

I planned my journeys to use Caravan & Motorhome Club sites or YHA hostels. I usually found a National Trust property to visit either while driving or riding.  This gave me a nice place to stop for lunch and relax. I usually had a walk around the grounds and sometimes visited the houses.

On all these trips I had some nice rides, some hilly some relatively flat, all great fun.

In October I succumbed to peer pressure and bought my first E-Bike so I can keep up with other riders on faster rides, especially if they are hilly. This has worked well except I am having problems with removing a front wheel tyre following a second puncture. Hoping to resolve this issue when Txiki goes for his first service on Jan 4th 2019.

I am including my Data for the year on a separate page which you can access via a tab at the top of this page or by clicking this link.

https://gridironman79.blogspot.com/p/data.html

Flower Festival In St. James Church, Cranham
where I was a choir boy.
(This photo was taken when on my Cirencester Trip).

Boxing Day
December 26th 2018.

December 27th 2018.

December 30th 2018.

As always I welcome any comments or feedback on my postings. 

Gridironman.

Two Test Valley Rides and one to The Meon Valley.

Slightly better weather this week so although Tuesday was a washout Wednesday and Thursday were much better and I managed a couple of outings. Then on Saturday another partly with the Winchester CTC.

Wednesday December 19th 2018.

Thursday December 20th 2018.

Saturday 22nd December 2018.

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO ALL.

Gridironman.

Another Disappointing Week

A very Happy Christmas to all my readers!

The horrible weather and a common cold I can't shake off have conspired to keep me indoors this last week. I did manage to venture out once but I felt really knackered afterwards. I hope I will be able to manage a few more rides this year. 

Thursday 13th December 2018.

Gridironman.

A Wet and Windy Week.

After the very good cycling weather enjoyed over the last few months this week has been a poor one. However, I did manage to fit in two rides on the two best days. Also on Thursday the HCMF held the annual Festive Lunch which went very well despite our being a little cramped for space in The Cart and Horses in Kings Worthy. Colin who had organized the 5 previous lunches was awarded the Julie Jug for his efforts.

Colin receiving the Julie Jug
whilst Gridironman extolls his achievements.

Friday 30th November 2018.

Sunday 2nd December 2018.

Gridironman.