August Cycling

So the month ended at 15778.6, 432.6 = 64.4 + 187.6 for a total of 252 miles (1409 YTD), beating May's total by 5%, and adding another arc to the limits map.

The weather had moderated by mid-month, and that meant that conditions were much more pleasant for long-distance rides. So, having got the summer bike back and done a warm-up 40-miler to the NE of Cambridge (well within the established bounds) I plotted a course that would take advantage of two quiet crossings of the A1, and a convenient Sandy-to-Bedford off-road cycle route. And though the OS map I was using was silent on the subject, I also found a good pub for lunch, the Anchor at Great Barford, which I shall have to visit again at some point, on another bounds-busting ride to the west.

July Cycling

So the month ended at 15714.2, 245.0, battery exhaustion on the folding bike odo between using it and coming to record the mileage here = 13.3 + 147.1 + 47 estimated for a total of 207 (1157 YTD); the second best month for the year, despite excessive heat for much of the month, and a sudden failure of the back wheel of my summer bike.

A new kind of fail

Holidaying in Southport and some runs down the coast from there, in slightly cooler (and slightly wetter) weather than down south, helped pull the total up. Of course, slightly didn't prevent the countryside being tinder dry, and in places burned or even burning

Wildfire on Rimrose Park

This on a park alongside the Leeds and Liverpool canal, surrounded by built-up areas, not some remote moorland.

Today has been day 6789

Counting the days since 1-Jan-2000, as in the automatic versioning for .Net files in the "1.0.*.*" format.