This time the excuse was to try and cycle up Cheddar Gorge, never done it on a normal bike.
Here's the route: Cycling Activity 27.12 mi | RunKeeper
Started off nice and early to miss the traffic, here's the church in Yatton showing the time.
Using the Strawberry Way again, with the flash on the camera coming on because it's overcast.
I decided not to use the power on the early part of the ride, this was hard graft, slightly up hill, slight headwind, and gravelly surface. Last time I did it with power on I was doing 15.5mph, power off about 11mph.
Where Thatchers cider comes from.
The station at Winscombe, is the guage of that track right, looks to wide ?
and the platform.
This is the axbridge bypass following the line of the railway and the old station, the cycle route passes through the middle of nearby Axbridge.
Cheddar Ponds at the base of the Gorge, this water is routed to the nearby Axbridge reservoir.
The Gorge - granny gear, about 4 to 6 mph, medium effort sat in saddle.
Top of the Mendips.
The ancient lead mines near Charterhouse.
Burrington Combe, that was a nice coast down.
and here's the entrace of my driveway....... no not really, thank it belongs to Sir John Wills (the tobacco man).
An enjoyable ride so early in the morning, and I'll try it again next week and see what difference it makes have the power on all the way round.
cheers,
Alan
Here's the route: Cycling Activity 27.12 mi | RunKeeper
Started off nice and early to miss the traffic, here's the church in Yatton showing the time.
Using the Strawberry Way again, with the flash on the camera coming on because it's overcast.
I decided not to use the power on the early part of the ride, this was hard graft, slightly up hill, slight headwind, and gravelly surface. Last time I did it with power on I was doing 15.5mph, power off about 11mph.
Where Thatchers cider comes from.
The station at Winscombe, is the guage of that track right, looks to wide ?
and the platform.
This is the axbridge bypass following the line of the railway and the old station, the cycle route passes through the middle of nearby Axbridge.
Cheddar Ponds at the base of the Gorge, this water is routed to the nearby Axbridge reservoir.
The Gorge - granny gear, about 4 to 6 mph, medium effort sat in saddle.
Top of the Mendips.
The ancient lead mines near Charterhouse.
Burrington Combe, that was a nice coast down.
and here's the entrace of my driveway....... no not really, thank it belongs to Sir John Wills (the tobacco man).
An enjoyable ride so early in the morning, and I'll try it again next week and see what difference it makes have the power on all the way round.
cheers,
Alan