September
It is now September. Summer is almost gone and without our
completing a long ride. We have not though, dear reader, been totally idle. Our
initial exuberance remains . The local terrain my not be as challenging as the
mountains, but it does offer beautiful countryside and wide panoramas from many
of the ridges. The Limousin has much to
recommend it. (Including the Tour de Limousin every summer). In addition to the
magnificent limousine cattle, the hedgerows are full of flowers and the forests
bursting with wildlife including the “chasse”! This latter helpfully informs
you that a hunt is in progress, but we are still not sure how we are to dodge
the bullets! (Big yellow jacket?!)
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| On our training run |
As a result of these various excursions, our confidence on
these different bikes has increased and, while Alan’s timed rides have shown an
improvement, I am still smelling the roses and greeting other riders with a
cheery “bonjour” when I have enough breath. However, after a couple of months of local
riding on what can best be described as undulating but rarely flat, we felt it
was time to test our ability on more demanding terrain. I’m not sure why
exactly…..
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