Sunday bike ride - 24.5 miles!
We headed off for a quick bike ride today, and ended up getting home 4 hours later after a catalogue of missed turns and optimism that resulted in a 24.5 mile ride. Our first obstacle was getting through the cyclists and spectactors watching the Triathlon, from then on we were aiming to do a route we used to do quite often, but somewhere along the way we missed our turn and so ended up heading along the South Downs Way for a while. We took a look on the OS map and decided to head towards Southease railway station and catch a train back to Brighton - we even used the power of mobile internet to check that they run on a Sunday. We rolled up at the station (after heading off down the wrong road to Piddinghoe for a mile or so) about 5 minutes before the train was due only to discover that there were maintenance works on the line and they were running a replacement bus service. We didn't think the bus would like us and our bikes very much and so turned around and headed via Telscombe and back to Brighton stopping at Ovingdean for a slice of cake and a can of fizzy pop.
We tracked our route using the GPS unit on my Nokia 6110 navigator, and have added it to our collection of GPS routes.
Labels: Brighton, cycle, photos, sussex
Posted by Jane at 3:21 PM
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That answers a question for me ...
... I'd been wondering if there was a cyclable route from the coast at Telscombe cliffs all the way to Southease. Nifty thing that GPS.
Posted by Miles Sabin on 2007-09-16 17:36:46
- Wow, that's a long ride. I wish I had a GPS phone so I could track my cycle rides. The combination of GPS + Google Maps + photos + stats is brilliant...
Posted by Bruce Boughton on 2007-09-16 18:47:06
Climbing
So, since I last mentioned climbing I've progressed well. I finished the course, having a futher 2 sessions, both of which were led by the excellent Ross who taught really well. I've continued to attend every week, and so Wednesday evenings will found me in the bouldering area progressing. This evening I had the opportunity to watch a couple of excellent climbers climb elegantly on routes that I'm troubled with. My upper body strength is improving, as is the strength in my fingers but I still have a long way to go to be able to climb with the grace and precision that I've seen - still progress is progress and every week I'm managing to achieve more difficult routes.
Labels: climbing, sussex
Posted by Jane at 8:51 PM
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Evolution climbing wall
Last night Jim and I headed off to the Evolution Indoor Climbing centre to attend the first of a 3 part Centre Induction Course. The centre is about 5 minutes away from work and opens from 2pm so should be a good after-work activity. It has been nearly 20 years since I last did any climbing, and that was very spasmodic, so this course seemed like a great way to get back into the swing of things. The evening started with us warming up by traversing, then moved on to knots and how to connect yourself/your harness to a rope for climbing before moving on how to belay. After the theory was done, we put it into practice and spent an hour or so climbing. The last few minutes we spent in the bouldering area learning how the grading works. A great evening, looking forward to next weeks course.
Labels: climbing, sussex
Posted by Jane at 8:43 AM
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Evo
Glad you had enjoyed it and hope you are not in too much pain today. I guess I'll see you there next thursday!
As for knots, http://www.animatedknots.com/ is a great resource.
Also I co-author a website magazine that covers all things climby in the south-east, www.everythingbehind.com.
Posted by Ben Sales on 2007-02-02 12:28:40
