Not a big waffly ride write-up I'm afraid; just thought I'd let you all
know we do sometimes get some dry weather here! It's been really hot
this week and all the usual soggy paths are utterly dry sandy dust - I
even went out without carrying a coat (it's very unusual to have
absolutely -no- chance of rain).
I hadn't ridden at all (even a bike) since the muni weekend a week and
a half ago because my knee is refusing to heal up after the crash I had
on the Sunday (my own fault for thinking I could race Joe and Sam and
survive 🙄 ). I took a bridlepath I'd not unicycled before -
usually it's a boggy mess and only really passable on foot, jumping
between clumps of reeds, but today it was dry enough to cross on the
muni. Very hard going though, it's pretty much open moor with tufty
grass and soft earth, and pretty difficult to find the route (I think
it was marked out by Captain Vague on one of his less precise days).
Feeling very unfit after ten days of not riding, and with the knee
starting to ache a bit (I hope that goes away soon, I'm seriously
thinking about entering a race at the end of the month) I was glad to
rejoin the main track from Nun's Cross that will be familiar to muni
weekenders for the easy cruise back home (apart from the knee-jolting
granite water bars 🙁).
Only about six or seven miles, but I drank nearly a whole camelback of
water in the heat. They say it's going to start raining again at the
weekend, so the novelty won't last long.
Rob
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