I know, we owe you an update, so take this one :)
We have been cycling around MK for the last month and a half - we rode our bicycles into the Buckinghamshire countryside on a couple of occasions (one was a nice 50+ mile ride) and we also did the ride into London from Milton Keynes. We have also been playing in the woods at Woburn on our mountain bikes (ah, that was dangerous! I couldn't get the grin off A's face for days!!!!!).
It has been such a pleasure to be back on our bicycles. I have been in and out of our storage facility swapping bikes (will it be road, the fixed gear or my mountain bike today....hmmmm? :) and digging into my parts box, replacing tyres, worn drive trains and things like that. I also helped acquire and repair a bike for a young guy that needed a way to get to his new job because the buses were not able to get him to work on time. Another new convert to 2 wheeled travel!
A is doing a stint of work before we head off to the US and I have been writing and starting to look for work for when we return from the US. All in a days work :)
I have also been following England in the Rugby World Cup and I hope that they can pull themselves together and start playing like a team and not so much as individuals. I know it's hard with all the injuries - and being the holders of the cup also put additional pressure on, - but come on guys, you can play much better than this! This year's World Cup has started off with some pretty weird rugby, so maybe things will improve...or maybe Scotland will have to carry the UK flag as the best we have to offer from the island :)
We are off to the US in just over a week and we have plans to ride bicycles on our journey, even if it's just renting a beach cruiser for a day in Florida :) We are looking to ride while we are in Boston - I haven't lived there for ages but I still remember all the riding I used to do - and of course we will ride Slickrock Trail when we get to Moab. I am hoping to hook up with a friend in St Louis as well and maybe do some more riding there. We shall see. We will keep you posted and we will be sure to take some photos. Now...where oh where have I stored that bikini for the last few months....
Later!
