Wednesday
7th December
Fresh SW
Very
mild, 12C
Reaching Chesterfield, the town with the crooked
spire atop the town’s main church, sitting in the town library listening to
Quadrophenia by The Who on headphones, I am desperate to sing along.
Knowing that the other library users would complain,
I sit and type instead.
Today’s cycling was different to the last few days
in that there was wind in the face and steep hills to contend with. There was
also a security guard, Ash, to contend with at entrance to the library and for
the first time for a long time I wasn’t able to leave the bike and The Lads
anywhere securely and so had to find tonight’s accommodation by other means.
Saw this in a shop window whilst going to the Chesterfield Tourist Office :-
No problem, find it I did, and after leaving the bike and
possession there, I made my way back to the library to catch up with this blog.
Right, what has happened since last I typed?
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Monday
5th December
A day off! Stayed in my superb farmhouse bed and
breakfast room and sorted out emails and organised some projects for next year.
A really lazy day! Fabulous and boy, did my back and joints deserve the rest!
Tuesday
6th December
No apparent wind
Very
thick fog and very cold, 2C
I cycle to Retford taking as much care as possible
due to the tricky weather combination of frozen roads and thick fog. A stop in
Kirton in Lyndsey to admire the World war memorial and read of the local RAF
heroes.
Tough going it may have been but it was fabulous
when a motorist came alongside me as I cycled, well careered down a steep hill.
He opened his window and laughingly said I was going 40 mph! (miles per hour) I
doubted that but laughed at his cheek.
Good to see that Tigger found it a laugh too in the
next village.
38.91
miles 1085 elevation feet up 1099 down
And so to today. 24 days to go and a new life
starting at the end of those; volunteer jobs, Israel and Peru. It is going to
be interesting but first the little matter of seeing the dusky thrush.
Today’s mileage 25.33 miles 1351 elevation feet up 1108 down
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