Not a long ride but it had it's ups and downs.

I don't know if anyone else does this but I procrastinate and I talk myself out of things, even things I like doing, but I am trying not to do that. This morning I had that nagging in my head that said 'don't bother going out' but I fought it off. Thank goodness I did.

Today was wall to wall sunshine, great company, lots of laughs. lunch out and I treated myself to a little present.

 Lynn, Suzy, Pat, Paula and myself cycled from a pub called The Raggalds where our cycle club, Queensbury Queens of the Mountain, are based. It is at the top of a hill so the only way is down.We did lots of twists and turns and quite a few downhills, followed by the inevitable uphills.   

                       

        

This was actually written in March 2019 and never finished so not sure why it is only showing as published on 5th November 2019!     

Here we go again!

I have not blogged for a few years for one reason or other but I'm feeling like I want to again now.

I will update how things have changed or not!

I don't do as much running now as I did or kayaking but I'm doing more cycling.  One reason is that I have joined an all female cycling club, Queensbury Queens of the Mountain.  They are so supportive and inclusive but we don't just cycle, we socialise, we campaign, we have spa days, theatre nights and we have just come back from Mallorca.  Can you imagine 69 female cyclists all in one place at one time? We are all shapes and sizes and all levels of cyclist from just starting out to racing and mountain biking.  We take LOTS of photos and laugh a lot.  I am also part of the Open Water Swimming offshoot with other club members.

Apart from that I have now cycled to our twin town in Germany and back for charity 4 and a half times altogether.  Four times it was there and back, the fifth time we had disabled cyclists with us so we flew home and the bikes came back with our drivers in the van.

Last year I went with some disabled riders to Roubaix in France and back again.  We watched the end of the Paris-Roubaix race in the stadium and even got to ride around the velodrome on our own bikes.

I also did the Coast to Coast from Morecambe to Saltburn, again with disabled riders, and I am doing it again this year but we will be finishing in Redcar this time rather than Saltburn.

The most exciting thing is, all being well, I am going to be cycling in Vietnam next year.  Having never been out of Europe that will be something else!