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  • sniper68
    sniper68 Posts: 2,910
    edited June 2021
    Lincolnshire Alpes

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    Lynskey R480

  • sniper68
    sniper68 Posts: 2,910
    edited June 2021
    Lincolnshire Alpes:-


    Lynskey R480

  • davep1
    davep1 Posts: 837
    I had a brain wave on Monday, get up early, get a couple of choccy croissants and a juice, and stop somewhere on the South Downs for brekkie before continuing on to work.


    This is heading up Sopers Lane or the Concrete Road, on the side of Steyning Bostal.


    A couple of poppies with Steyning Bowl in the background.

    Looking south, the coast is over the horizon.

    Just about at the top.


    Going up the east side of Cissbury Ring, steeper and more technical than the usual route.



    This is the west side of Cissbury. The grass was sodden so I had to find a bench for my breakfast, and this was the first. Couldn't really get behind it to get a snap of the food in the foreground and the view in the background, so -


    Destination work is pretty much straight on, over the horizon and off the Downs, but I was heading to the left to an easy crossing of the A24 and then a bumpy bridleway climb up Rogers Lane.


    This is close to the South Downs Way at Sullington, looking south, so Worthing and the coastal strip is down there in the early morning haze. I was only about 20 minutes from work here, but had 40, so headed down the track in front. I thought I knew where it would take me and that I had enough time, so off I went.



    The detour was 3 sides of a square, although two of the sides were a bit bigger than I remembered so it was now time to get a wriggle on. This is looking back on the second leg of the square, that was a tasty downhill I want to revisit going in the opposite direction some time.



    Again looking south, Harrow Hill blocking the view of Long Furlong.



    Last bit of bridelway runs across a very bumpy field, with serious lumps of flint strewn all around.


    Macro mode on my phone, it's hard to get it all in focus, especially when the breeze is blowing gently. This stuff ensured my shoes and socks were absolutely sopping by the time I got to work.








  • shirley_basso
    shirley_basso Posts: 6,195
    Superb morning. What does that come to in distance / time riding / start and finish times!?
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,337
    Makes for a good start to the day!
    Sometimes a bit cold though so I've switched to starting work early and getting out on the bike in the afternoon. Flexi-time is brilliant!
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
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  • davep1
    davep1 Posts: 837
    Would love flexitime! It was 24km, 1 hr 45 and 600 m of climbing. Taking pics adds quite a bit of time that you don't factor in. I've been commuting this way once or twice a week for over 9 years, it still makes me stop and stare even now.
    When I stopped for my brekkie, these two gorgeous German Shepherds came over and started sniffing around. I tried not to be like Jim in Friday Night Dinner, showing no fear! :*
  • Ben6899
    Ben6899 Posts: 9,686
    This is what cycling is all about!
    Ben

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  • airwise
    airwise Posts: 248

    It's not a descent to come off on...
  • Charlie_Croker
    Charlie_Croker Posts: 1,727
    ^ Good Grief, Where?
  • sniper68
    sniper68 Posts: 2,910
    airwise said:


    It's not a descent to come off on...

    Is that Gorges du Verdon?
    Looks like routes des crétes!
    Lynskey R480

  • webboo
    webboo Posts: 6,087

    In North Yorkshire but bizarrely looking North East to East Yorkshire.
  • slowmart
    slowmart Posts: 4,516

    “Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring”

    Desmond Tutu
  • pippi_langsamer-2
    pippi_langsamer-2 Posts: 1,470

    (I'm not spoiling a nice pic with a bike in the foreground)
  • Tashman
    Tashman Posts: 3,495

    One from a few weeks back. Nothing spectacular
  • arlowood
    arlowood Posts: 2,561
    pblakeney said:

    Okay, obviously harder than I thought.
    Here are 2 photos that every tourist to the area will take.




    Sadly the Crannog on Loch Tay (top pic) was destroyed by fire around 12th June. Not sure if they plan to rebuild it. Remember visiting a few years back.
  • hopster
    hopster Posts: 42
    edited June 2021
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  • back-cyclin-again!
    back-cyclin-again! Posts: 101

    Sunny morning in Wye, Kent
  • back-cyclin-again!
    back-cyclin-again! Posts: 101

    Chilham Castle with two Italian friends….
  • hopster
    hopster Posts: 42

  • bobones
    bobones Posts: 1,215
    I never tire of this view on one of my favourite local loops.


  • savadeck
    savadeck Posts: 18
    Everyone guess where this is


  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,337
    Yorkshire Dales?
    It's not Norfolk.
    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • Charlie_Croker
    Charlie_Croker Posts: 1,727
    ...and it's not the sand dunes at Cleethorpes

    Do tell, put us out of our misery. Nice bike by-the-way
  • mrb123
    mrb123 Posts: 4,818
    I'm guessing Gran Canaria.
  • arlowood
    arlowood Posts: 2,561
    Let's throw a few Lakes into the equation with Alpine backdrops. Annecy, Como , Garda, Maggiori??? Getting close or miles away?
  • red.rider
    red.rider Posts: 1,215
    California or Colorado?
    savadeackhb9QHp9O said:

    Everyone guess where this is


    California or Colorado?
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,337
    My bike is not in the pics, but a wonderful 40+ mile ride in Skye today.
    Struan to Portree on a quiet single track road in particular was amazing!


    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,337

    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,337

    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.
  • pblakeney
    pblakeney Posts: 27,337

    The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
    I am not sure. You have no chance.
    Veronese68 wrote:
    PB is the most sensible person on here.

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