Archive for March, 2006
Monday, March 20th, 2006
On the road again…
We are really loving our cycling. So much so that on Sunday we decided to tackle one of the classic British trips — London to the seaside town of Brighton. We weren’t sure if we’d make it, to be honest, but somehow our legs held out for all 130km of cycling. Yes, that’s right, 130km or about 80 miles down the National Cycle Networks 20 and 21. Phew! Many people start from just inside the M25 but we started from the Thames, thus the slightly longer distance. We were really impressed with how well signed the route was until Crawley, but from Crawley onward it got really difficult. We highly recommend the Sustrans map if you’re going to attempt this one. Some stats:
* We spent 7 hours 49 minutes on our bikes pedalling
* We averaged 16.2km/hour
* Our fastest speed was 43.5km/hour
* We went a total of 127.66km
* We started at about 8am from the Cutty Sark in Greenwich and reached Brighton Pier at just past 6pm
2 Comments » - Posted in Brighton, Britain, Cycling Trips, London by friedel
Saturday, March 18th, 2006
Wine Party
We had a wine tasting party recently to celebrate Friedel passing her WSET exam and you can see what we drank. It was good fun but next time we would choose fewer wines — it took us a while to get through so many. We’d make sure there was more food too. Everyone ate a lot more than we’d expected.
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Monday, March 6th, 2006
Cycling Milestone!
Sorry we haven’t updated this page more — we’ve been too busy cycling! Finally took our camera along this past Sunday and snapped a few pictures of the Bedfordshire countryside. Very much rolling hills and even a few windmills. We cycled 85km or just over 50 miles in all. Not even sore the next day, which is a real achievement compared to how we felt after our first long rides a few months ago.
