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| Frozen Black Lake - lets eat inside! |
Now, I don’t have a lot of willpower. Particularly when it
comes to cycling on very cold days when temperatures are below zero.! However, it was Wednesday the day to meet
up with the cycling team for a club run so I decided to get out there and be a bit sociable.
The wind was bitterly cold as I headed towards Bourne End for
the meet. So much so that my plan to take the easy flat route was abandoned and I
headed for the steep Quarry Wood Hill – anything to generate a bit of
warmth! On arrival at the meeting point
there were several familiar bikes outside, to be honest I had hoped that the others
had opted for a day off. That would have allowed me to have a coffee, read the
paper and head back home - after a decent interval of course. No such luck! A shortened
route was planned to the Cafe at Black Park Country Park, Wexham. Off we toddled across Burnham Beeches. Some of
the roads were covered in sheet ice where the melted snow had refrozen
overnight. Great for old codgers with bones as brittle as charcoal. Feet and fingers were getting frozen but we
were all still in one piece when we arrived at the Cafe by the Lake. An all-day
breakfast and large coffee set me up for the return trip, thankfully via a less treacherous
route. Very glad to get back home. Nice ride dear? Grhhhh!
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