24H1 Cycling

Q1 was generally mild - only one cold day where I tried off-road riding on frozen gound - to the extent that in February I did a 25+ mile ride for a pub lunch; but generally it was all just plodding business rides, or an occasional breath of fresh air, like going out to see snowdrops in January.

The quarter started with 604.89 on the winter bike, 250.5 on the folder, and 4563.1 on the summer bike

Off-road going - and still flooded late June

End of January went to 886.05, 267.84 and 4576.6 for 312 miles.

February floods

End of February went to 1127.68, 267.84 and 4593.7 for 258.73 miles (570.73 YTD).

Thriplow daffodils

End of March went to 1422.51, 272.75 and 4593.7 with about 0.5 miles off-meter, total 300.24 miles (870.97 TYD).

Q2 was generally wet and often cool - winter gear kept being put away and then pulled out again into mid June, though some long rides did get done. At the end of April a first long ride through St. Ives and Wyton to scope out parking for a boat trip that got cancelled while I was on the road, then back through Huntingdon. Like last year, the weather then went downhill, and on the Reach Ride, I just about got home ahead of the rain.

I did get some longish rides for fun done, exploring around Northstowe, and making an exploratory ride to St. Ives to locate parking for a cream tea to be held in June, as well as just pounding the local lanes for fresh air on the occasional warm day.

Having ended Q1 with about 50 more miles done than last year, passing 2k miles for the year on 5th June, 10 days earlier than last was a result of just keeping up the pace. And a holiday that went into hardy T-shirt weather at times, rather than long sleeves all the way, helped keep up the momentum. The weather becoming warm, and for a few days at the end of the month, actually hot, and a series of places to go, meant the miles piled on, even if some of the attempts on off-road routes found they were still going from parched to quagmire or flooded in the space of a few yards, and needing to call it off

Northstowe bridleway bridge open at last

End of April went to 1800.35, 285 and 4593.7 with about 1 mile off-meter, total 391.09 miles (1262.06 TYD).

Reach May Fair

End of May went to 2360.78, 285 and 4641.3, with about 7.4 miles off meter, for a total of 615.43 miles (1877.49 TYD).

River crossing

End of June went to 2594.1, 292.8, and 4825, with about 176.6 miles off meter for holiday, for a total of 601.42 miles (2478.85 TYD).