Girls on Cogs

Well we have been pretty slack on the blog but have been out most tuesdays and covered around 25-35 miles each time and enjoyed sunshine and very light evenings. Bit disappointing on the beer front though – either choice of ales a little poor or people needing to get early nights!!! Last tuesday we had a sprint over to Market Bosworth and had fish, chips and a beer by Bosworth Pool. Twas a lovely evening for sitting out, although we took a more main route out which was busier than our usual quiet country lanes. Note to selves for next time!

Have just signed ourselves up for the Dunwich Dynamo, a mere 120 miler over night which friends had convinced us would be a good laugh – We’re reserving judgement – sounds like a bit of a nightmare (and no beers on a saturday night!). It’s in 3 weeks time – we’re sure the tuesday cycle will be ample training…..Aaagh

Hels and Em

I had good intentions of leaving work in plenty of time so I could head home, get changed, have a cuppa and a snack and swap the bikes over. I had had a meeting earlier in the day and worn my suit (including high heels) and therefore had cycled leisurely to work with the view that I would do the same on the way home.  Unfortunately (and predictably) the plan failed and I was running late to meet the gang, so instead I cycled home at high speed looking slightly ridiculous with my trousers hitched up with an elastic band round my ankle. Although I am slightly pleased at how well I can cycle in heels!

Anyway enough of my trivia!

Well it is the 3rd week of Tuesday night cycling and so far we have managed to keep the bad weather at bay and have a good turn out. This week the 6 of us headed out along the A47. Busy road but quick. We turned of to the village of Kirby Mallory and our destination of Mallory Park. Apparently they have cycling around the racing track on a Tuesday and Thursday night so we thought we would check it out. Mat and Stav arrived first and headed down the track and nearly got taken out by  50 speeding cyclists coming the other way!! We watched them for a couple of laps. It looked very serious. Mostly men but we spotted a couple of women.

On that note, we decided to head to a local pub for dinner. As well as feeling hungry, everyone was feeling the cold. It actually felt quite bitter and my shorts seemed a rather brave move!

A reasonably fast cycle home via Desford and Kirby Muxloe. Approx 20 miles

So it was another sunny Tuesday for cycling and we headed out on a similar route to last week. Well it had worked well, we could do some fast miles and no-one could come up with another suggestion. I think Em also wanted to enjoy a faster run on the borrowed road bike and not get burned off by the boys!

After a few arguments about who would lead our peloton (loosely speaking as there were only 4 of us!), we headed out through Anstey, Rothley, Cossington, and up to Hoby. Having completed around 20 miles we found a pub with a beer garden and a menu that suited Mat (a creamy rabbit casserole), we chose our food and sat outside while the sun set. Lots of discussions about the politics and the future of certain cycle shops in Leicester, broadsheets and the internet, not too much beer for me (I’d been indulging heavily at Leicester’s Summer Sundae festival over the weekend) and then back on the bikes through Syston, Thurmaston and arrived in Leicester before 11! Just over 30 miles in total, and no sugar crashes this week!