Sherborne to East Woodhay Ride - 26th March 2011 38.26 miles

Sherborne St John, Monk Sherborne, Ramsdell, Stoney Heath, Wolverton, Kingsclere, Sydmonton, Old Burghclere, Burghclere, Penwood, Woolton, East End, East Woodhay, Ball Hill then back same route but to Kinsgclere via Echinswell. 

38.26 miles,  02:48 tm, 13.7mph pace


Early Saturday morning ride. Misty over the hills to start but soon brightened up. Lovely route. Shame the views of Watership Down & White Hill were a bit misty.

I had read somewhere that Oswald Mosely lived in or had property in East Woodhay but when I ask a couple of the locals if they knew which house it was, all I got was blank looks. Well, there's hardly going to be a Blue Plaque there now!! Oh, and one of the chaps I spoke to in the church car park corrected my pronunciation of East Woodhay........it's said as 'East Woody'. Bet he thought....bloody tourist!

Kingsclere - Sleep Saturday morning

Wonky house - Kingsclere

Watership mist

Skies clear in Burghclere

Woolton Church

St Martins - East Woodhay

St Lawrences - Echinswell

Echinswell

Route

Friday Commute - Thames Ride - 25th March 2011

Beautiful morning. Had loads of time to enjoy the 'commute'  this morning! Whitton to St Margarets then the Thames path to Kew Bridge and onto Ealing.

Richmond Lock

Thames looking North from Richmond Lock

Richmond Lock

Old Iselworth

High-rise Brentford in the distance

Syon House from the South side of the river

Kew Palace

Kew Green

A hill too far?......20th March 2011

Selborne - East Meon - West Meon - West Tisted - Ropley - Four Marks - Farringdon - Selborne
30.79 miles time 02:25  12.7mph pace


Bloody hard work on those hills south east of Selborne - cut my overall pace back a lot. Lovely route and worth it to cycle down into beautiful East Meon which looks something like a village in the Yorkshire Dales. Weather not as clear and sunny as yesterday but it got better as the morning went on.

All Saints - East Meon

East Meon

A River runs through it - River Meon (East Meon)

Watering Hole -  East Meon

No good being down-at-heel in West Meon!

West Meon

Saturday Quickie.........

Phoenix Green - Dogmersfield - Crondall - Roke Park Corner - Rye Common....and back - 18.14 miles 01:15tm,  14.5mph pace

Fave local ride. Haven't done this for about 4 weeks. What a lovely Spring day. Have to be out when it's like this.....everything is crystal clear and clean in the sunshine.

Crondall Church in the Spring Sunshine

Old Oast House near Rye Common

12th March - Froyle - Selborne - Alton circular

Lower Froyle - Wyck - East & West Worldham - Oakhanger- Selborne - Farringdon - Four Marks - Medstead - Beech - Alton - Holybourne - Binsted - Isington

Delicious Saturday morning miles in beautiful Hampshire countryside. Ah, I love my home county......and London can go **** itself......well at least until Monday!!

Hartley Mauditt Church

Lake with Heron - Hartley Mauditt

This Cow knows nothing about Gas Reduction...

Oakhanger Gass Reduction Station - the local cry here is 'Say No to Anaerobic Digester'

Selborne

Gilbert White's House - Selborne

Sunny Selborne

Selborne Chuch

Gracious Street - Selborne

Alton Abbey

Binsted - Church

Road ahead - Binsted down to Isington

Route

Farleigh Wallop, Dummer, North Waltham, Popham, Micheldever, West & Stratton, Brown Candover, Chiltern Candover, Preston Candover, Axford, Ellisfield - 27 miles 02:03 13.2mph pace

Despite a cutting Easterly wind, a glorious ride mainly as an antidote to cycling in West London on the new commute this week. Great to be out there on Hampshire lanes.......not a bus lane, black cab or pedestrian in sight. Also got what is possibly my fastest max speed ever on a downhill near Farleigh Wallop: 35.9mph. Bliss.

Popham Beacons (ancient barrows)

West Stratton

West Stratton Church

Preston Candover Church

Top Watering Hole - 'The Fox' in Ellisfield

Route

Towers of London (...well, West London to be precise) - New Commute Ride from 28th Feb 2011

Started my new job in Ealing, West London, on Feb 28th. Daily bike mileage? No problem. I spent 11 years (1998-2009) some of my daily commute on a bike. Just takes a bit of planning a a place to park the car for free.
Route c20 miles - Whitton, Twickenham, Iselworth, Syon Park, Brentford, Ealing

Ealing

More Ealing Towers

More Ealing

Twickers Towers

Syon House

Showroom Tower of Mercs