Peep Jousters: The Original Peep Warriors (Page 33)

Really, it disappeared that fast?  Somehow I don't believe that. 

Oh my, it is just me or is hot in here again? 

 Hey PEEPS....to change the subject a bit...Lynne and I both reg'd for our Oly tri in June and got our motel and everything, so it's a done deal!  Any other locals (or even non-locals) interested in doing this race? Should be warmer there than here on the 'coast'.

Well Amsterdam bound after that. Wanna track my flights? 

I am excited.  Now...about those cigarettes.  

Today didn't go as planned. I wanted to get to this pretty little village that is on the route of next week's local sportive ride (I missed out on entering this year), follow the route for a while & then take a short cut home. Backpack filled with two bananas & four brioche rolls, together with appropriate maps but no weights this time. As I was getting bike out of the garage at 0700 my mate turns up unexpectedly & says, "Fancy a ride up to the Cat & Fiddle?" It's a pub at the top of a seven mile long climb, with almost 1800 feet of ascent.
"OK. But you're taking me miles out of my way".
The higher we got the colder & snowyier it became. 36-37mins of climbing.

We parted at the top & I made my way down, freezing at 20+ mph for 15 Mins. Took shortest route to target village which involved very busy main roads. Not nice at all. Eventually got there after quite a few wrong turns & stopping to check maps. Hope it was worth it.

Just look at the size of those chimneys.

By this time I thought it was prudent to head for home. More horrible main roads until I got back to familiar ground.

Sorry CHR15 you shouldn't have stopped to fill your face today. Rock cakes! You greedy git.

Who asked for the encore? 85 miles in 5h15m (riding time, add another 45 mins. for peeing about looking at maps). Route profile :-

Hi Team - just a quick reminder, we are due for a challenge update so I will get working on that.

In some parts of the world Monday was a public holiday you you have until Tuesday PM to get your results up to date before I post an update!

Happy Cycling

Cat

I will grab them myself like i did with week 1 (let us not mention week 2 for that never happened) so nothing for you to do at all!

Martin you are an ANIMAL! that is quite the ride...loving the graph! and hoping you had some warm clothes for that cold descent! those streets look awesome...love the street pics...can't imagine riding there! wanna swap homes for a while...you can ride northern california and we could ride there! GREAT JOB on the ride!!

Martin, between you and Chris it looks like you covered most of England's countryside!  Gorgeous scenery, thank you ALL for posting your pictures, it is so fun to see where everyone rides/lives etc.  Out here there are no old buildings....everything is pretty much shiny and new, or dates to about 1975 for that antique look.  My town only became a town in 1999...before that it was just outlying suburban homes with some stores.  Now it is outlying suburban homes with stores and a name.    You'd think they would have bike lanes on every road, but not yet....it's getting a bit better.....but we live outside Redmond (home of Microsoft) where they say they are the bicycle capital of the world....so there are at least some bike trails and lanes--if only the drivers would watch out for the bikers a bit more!!  Maybe when cell phones while driving becomes illegal in July things will be better.

Great riding everyone! I should hit my goal this week.  And I am also happy to house swap any of you--although I'd probably want to hang out and ride...so maybe I should say all of you are welcome to stay here and we can go riding, if you need a change of scenery and enjoy crazy kids (and mom). 

Leslie

ScotinSeattle - 2008-03-24 8:27 PM WOHOO!!! I rode! I rode! I even passed people! Gosh it was just beautiful down at the lake but cold on the way back to my car. I REALLY need to get a vest to keep the twins warm. Takes me forever to warm back up! Brrrr.     I did 2 loops of my favourite park which slows down my avg speed...no really it does :D  I was cruising at 17mph on the way back to the car the whole time. WOOT!  That's really good for me on my tank of a bike

good job...keep it up....as for the twins....try layering...and finally hitting 17 is good for any bike....so keep it up! OBTW...love the new photoshop version of you....for your avatar...very cute! still loving the 'do!