Quiet week

It's been a quiet week after the excitement of Devon. So this week's blog will be short with the usual Lee update and the little bit of cycling I've done.

There's been no dramas for Lee this week. She is knackered though. It's no surprise after our weekend away. That heart has been messing about again with some high heart rates but no need for hospital. We are going for a cardiology appointment this week. Last night we had a nice evening with friends.

Due to our long weekend, I didn't coach this week. I've also felt tired and grumpy all week which I think is something to do with the emotional come down of the trip to Plymouth. So it wasn't until Saturday that I got back on a bike.

I left the house in no mood for a bike ride and 30 seconds of spinning downhill completely cured that morose condition. It always does!

This was a lovely route starting as usual at the swimming pool and heading out to Geddington and then via Great Oakley to Pipewell. There I was shown the smallest church that I've never noticed!

The church of St.Marys at Pipewell is officially Northamptonshire's smallest church and is there due to the monastic Abbey which used to be there. You can read all about in detail here www.british-history.ac.uk

The pictures don't show you that this was a soggy day. The sort of the day when you look out of the window and decide to stay at home. It wasn't too bad once you were out in it!

We had our banana 🍌 break in Gretton where Richard G was his usual gentleman self and took all the skins to the bin! The rest of the ride passed without incident. It was just what I needed to get back in the saddle.

Mark wins socks of the Day with these tiger stripe Bobby dazzlers.

After a Dartmoor-esque climb up the Brigstock bumps we decided against the coffee stop in Grafton. Everyone was soaked through and we didn't think they'd appreciate a group of soggy cyclists. So we split up. Four of us headed back home via Geddington during which soapy foam oozed from Scott's saddle. Not sure what was going on there! 

After a good night out I dragged my weary self to Parkrun duties. I was hoping to hide in a corner as a Marshall and got the opposite as a bar code scanner. This is about the busiest job at parkrun but also really rewarding. 

This weekend was full of great sport. The premiership rugby final was amazing. For cycling its the Tour de France 🇫🇷. There was also a good win in mountain biking for the very likable Evie Richards. Evie is well worth following on Instagram, not just for her cycling content but because she appears to be a splendid human being, full of the joys of life! In very local news  former cyclone Josh Brown took part in the http://cicleclassic.co.uk it sounds as though he didn't have much luck though. Better days will come Josh!

Happy Pedalling