Q1 cycling

A ride every day, though either for some business, or just a token couple of miles around the neighbourhood to make the every day happen.

January was cool, ending cold, but generally dry. The long ride was scoping out the route to crem and wake for a friend's funeral, though on the day I ended up getting a lift from crem to wake and back. Despite other known cyclists amongst the mourners, none of them had braved the sub-zero temperatures. Just as well, given the state of the provision there

though I actually used one of the signposts in the car park as a hitching post.

Winter/black bike only, ending at 2569.1 + 1.5 off meter for 291.6 miles ridden for the month.

February, chill but dry, meant that towards the end of the month I could even use the bridleway for my routine trips, even if from time to time, the headwind and lingering soggy patches meant that some parts were wheeled. The long rides included scouting for, then attending, a screening appointment in Longstanton - and finding that some of the near finished cycleway by the Northstowe roundabout had been ripped up since I was there in the autumn

leaving the dual carriageway to Northstowe with no crossings over the crash barrier from the stub of the path. Ultra bad design.

Winter/black bike only, ending at 2873 for 303.9 + 4.3 off meter = 308.2 miles ridden for the month (599.8 YTD).

March, wet and at times stormy, was a bit of a collapse after the previous months, with no long business-related rides, and too cold/windy for the sort of long rides I was doing at the same time last year.

That was traversable by coasting through, with feet not getting too wet from the splashing; it lasted a few days, but the rain on the 31st resulted in another such flood, lingering into April.

Winter/black bike only, ending at 3094.1 for 221.1 + 3.4 off meter = 224.5 miles ridden for the month (824.3 YTD).