cyclinginthesixthdecade

Well we’ve certainly had a mix of weather in this last week. The flowers are blooming as they always have done but the winds blew hard and we had cherry blossom filled potholes. Unfortunately, ...

https://cyclinginthesixthdecade.wordpress.com/2024/04/28/four-seasons-in-one-day/

Well , the forecast wasn’t too bad on Thursday but wanted to get back before 2pm when rain was forecast. We decided to head across to Paddock Farm , the garden centre with cafe near Dalyon Gate...

https://cyclinginthesixthdecade.wordpress.com/2024/04/21/more-textile-stuff-as-well-as-cycling/

Well , when will summer start? I know it was a degree or two warmer on a couple of days but the winds were strong and so the wind chill meant it was still chilly. Anyhow, no cycling on Thursday a...

https://cyclinginthesixthdecade.wordpress.com/2024/04/14/more-of-the-wetty-stuff/

I don’t think I remember a time when we have had such discouraging weather. If it’s bucketing down , there’s not much fun in cycling longer distances. If it’s dry , then it’s often blow...

https://cyclinginthesixthdecade.wordpress.com/2024/04/07/wild-wet-and-windy/

DH hasn’t been too well again as his cold/ virus plus awful weather restricted riding in the past couple of weeks. I had worked out a route from Jedburgh to the coast near Holy Island( Lindisfa...

https://cyclinginthesixthdecade.wordpress.com/2024/03/31/happy-easter-2024/

I didn’t post last week as both DH and DS2 were down with some sort of viral infection resulting in sore throats, hacking coughs especially at night and feeling rotten. As a result not much cyc...

https://cyclinginthesixthdecade.wordpress.com/2024/03/17/improving-but-for-how-long/

Still more rain came down this week so only got in a couple of short rides. I’m sure most people have rides that they do regularly but I woke up thinking of a short ride with a bit of a twist. ...

https://cyclinginthesixthdecade.wordpress.com/2024/03/03/rainy-days/

Well , we’ve had a couple of days of better weather for getting out riding. The first couple of days weren’t brilliant but I was working so only a couple of short rides. We decided that to he...

https://cyclinginthesixthdecade.wordpress.com/2024/02/25/spring-is-almost-here/

Unfortunately, I didn’t get to post last weekend as I was unwell and had been for most of the week. I am on the waiting list for gallbladder removal and it appears last weekend I passed another...

https://cyclinginthesixthdecade.wordpress.com/2024/02/18/a-much-better-week/

It’s been a very mixed weather week. Some times we had very high winds and on one day the rain was more like a monsoon !!! The temperatures were above average for year too. On the high wind dau...

https://cyclinginthesixthdecade.wordpress.com/2024/02/04/weather/