It's the usual format for today's blog; family update first and then my cycling stuff. I'm on leave next week so this will be a shortish read. The next blog will hopefully be full of interesting stuff Lee and I have done together.
Look at Lee's gold ribbon laces in her docs, don't they look good. Those fancy boots were part of the outfit for a 50th birthday party. A year ago Lee was still in Boston Pilgrim Hospital and a night out with friends felt a million miles away.
This is a non-alcoholic G&T as Lee's still not allowed alcohol. That tricky ticker is still playing up despite the beta blockers. Lee made the cake for this party. This is something she'd previously do with ease. I've seen her make and decorate cakes for multiple people at the same time. However one cake yesterday completely wore Lee out.
Lee is no closer to getting back to work. Last week she had what we're calling a: "funny turn." She woke up on the shower room floor with no knowledge how she got there. That's why a load more investigations have started. In more positive news she will be starting fatigue clinic and physio soon.
I've taken next week off because it's Lee's birthday. She celebrated her last one in Beechwood rehab unit. On my ride yesterday I was thinking about that and promptly burst in to tears. My emotions have been much better for months so this was a surprise. I was quite pleased I was riding alone when this happened.
Today I took the dogs for a wander around Linear Park and Weekly Hall Woods. I haven't done this for ages and again it got me thinking about everything. Whilst Lee was in hospital I walked here every day. I doubt the dogs were feeling nostalgic but they clearly remembered walking here!
Time for cycling
I'm continuing to enjoy riding to work. It's an easy way to get the miles in and I arrive in a better mood due to cycling. Commuting in Kettering is interesting. The cycle paths make no sense. It's hard to tell where they start and end and some are in poor condition. By far the worst are the bollard segregated lanes on St. Mary's Road. I literally don't go that way because of the cycling infrastructure! However I can also report that I feel safe as nearly all the car drivers are nice!
On Saturday I enjoyed a great group ride with the Cyclasylum. On a bitterly cold day with a strong northerly wind we met as usual at the swimming pool. I'd uploaded the 100km fondo route but when we met up no one was in the mood for a fondo in that weather. So we set off on the shorter route.
Barely out of K Town we experienced the first puncture. Poor Mark had to endure the unique moral support. For anyone new to groups of MAMILs, the expected behaviour is to take the mick and offer little in the way of help.
Into the wind it was hard work but occasionally we had a tail wind and that was more fun!
We stopped for coffee and cake in Brigstock and I had one of the splendid brownies shown above.
The wind was behind us on the Brigstock bumps for the first time I can remember and as a result we made short work of that set of hills. At Grafton Mark B and I left the group to head home via Geddington. By Rushton I was on 48 miles...12 miles off the 100km fondo distance, so I thought it would be silly not to continue. I said goodbye to Mark and then did the extras trying to make best use of the wind. To be honest it was an easy ride. I felt like I could keep going all day, which bodes well for longer rides later in the year.
In other news there's some great racing in elite cycling. Yesterday I enjoyed Strade Bianche and today it was Paris Nice. I've said before that a few years ago the Tour de France was all I really knew about. Now I'm glued to the GCN app watching all the elite cycling I can. Here's some highlights from yesterday.
Happy pedalling
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