Back on the bike
Today is my first day back on my bike since before Christmas. I had a flat tyre and managed to find all sorts of excuses for not fixing it such as it’s almost Christmas and I’ll need to go in the car anyway or taking things to and from work for meetings but on Monday I fixed the puncture and got back on today (yes, I know it’s Wednesday today, I had an excuse for yesterday too and not the weather). Despite the approach of spring and lighter mornings it was still dark all of the way in so I was a bit apprehensive about running into the regular dog walkers out on the trail. I did manage to spot them all - thankfully some of the dogs are quite light in colour, it makes it easier, and so got here in one piece and only with wet feet from all the puddles.
I put my bike away when I got here and noticed a piece of grass stuck on the front tyre - it didn’t come off easily: it’s a thorn thouroughly embedded in my front tyre so I guess I’ll have to fix that before I can go home tonight! I was talking to Ash when I got in this morning, he cycles in from Wadebridge too and he has had another puncture recently as well. He did tell me that the trail managers had been out trimming the hedges on Monday which is why all the extra debris is on the trail. We’ll just have to hope all the rain washes all the rubbish off the trail, not back on to it!
