the joy of the not so planned route

bobpzero
bobpzero Posts: 1,431
edited July 2009 in The bottom bracket
even tho it was only 32miles total. i usually stick to routes i know inside out but then i start treating them like time trial routes. so thankfully decided to try some roads i hadnt been on. one of those makes you smile moment was a small bird flew out in front of me, holding pace ahead for a few seconds. so im well pleased to find new training grounds.

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  • Monty Dog
    Monty Dog Posts: 20,614
    The experience of riding down a narrow country road with a sparrowhawk just on your front wheel or a hare running alongside is one of the rare joys of cycling
    Make mine an Italian, with Campagnolo on the side..
  • frenchfighter
    frenchfighter Posts: 30,642
    The other day I got myself purposely lost in order to find some new routes and found some wonderful ones.

    I don't know how people always ride the same route...way too boring and unadventurous.
    Contador is the Greatest
  • ean
    ean Posts: 98
    Monty Dog wrote:
    The experience of riding down a narrow country road with a sparrowhawk just on your front wheel or a hare running alongside is one of the rare joys of cycling

    Had a Barn Owl do that not far from you in May near South Warnborough - was fab.
    The trees lie about the wind...
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  • Special K
    Special K Posts: 449
    know what you mean!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO9MHU70EcA
    "There are holes in the sky,
    Where the rain gets in.
    But they're ever so small
    That's why rain is thin. " Spike Milligan
  • Stellite
    Stellite Posts: 544
    I went for a cycle from Edinburgh, ended up in Stirling then cycled down through fife and over the forth road bridge. Considering I was only going out for a coule of hours it ended up into an all day epic, but the weather and scenery were amazing. 8)
  • Surf-Matt
    Surf-Matt Posts: 5,952
    This regularly sits in our garden (the shot is from our bedroom window):

    Owl1.jpg

    Do an MTB ride twice a week before work and have adapted it for the road bike. Rarely see another car apart from in Truro. Seen loads of badgers, foxes, the odd peregrine, etc. Very hilly but it's lush.
  • holmeboy
    holmeboy Posts: 674
    Chased a Badge and seen a Fox on the way to work the other week. Have also had a large Bird of prey fly along side me in the Cairngorms for a brief moment. :P :roll:
  • freehub
    freehub Posts: 4,257
    I was cycling along today and some colorful little bird only just managed to keep pace with me as it swooped out and my front wheel basically kicked the bird in the ass then it turned off :lol:
  • Harry B
    Harry B Posts: 1,239
    Special K wrote:
    know what you mean!

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO9MHU70EcA

    Looks to me that you were well and truly dropped :wink:
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