I say determined, this wasn't quite the reality. I like riding my old mountain bike, but some days I'm a bit nervous about it - Will I puncture? Will any of the roads be dangerous? Will I get rained on and end up like a drowned rat with an annoyingly wet backside?
I decided I would be OK, and headed out in the opposite direction from normal, out to Kelham and the villages to the north of Newark. There are some narrow roads and some nasty blind corners, but I took it easy, taking in the views of the lowering sun and the power station, the hills around Kelham and the various churches on my route.
I only did 20km, but you take in the villages of Kelham, Little Carlton, Bathley, and North and South Muskham on this route, and there's stuff to see all the way along; folk like to have cute summer houses in their gardens in these villages, and there are birds to see; fieldfare in the hawthorns, crows in the fields, and an echelon of big waterfowl overhead; no idea what these were and my photo will not help identification!
I had a look at North Muskham Lake, where a cormorant was doing its pterodactyl wing drying thing out on a raft in the middle of the water, and compared those waters to the sterile building site that are the waters of the former sailing club.
I hate what the fishing club done to that place.
Si
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I do the same - some days I get paranoid about getting punctures and other days I simply don't think about it. Weird! Nice photographs of the rural scene.
ReplyDeleteSounds like a great day, very relaxing, despite your concerns about going on the bike.
ReplyDeleteThank you! It was a pleasant ride.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how many Little Carlton's there are in the country. There is one near me in Lincolnshire.
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