its nearly time for my lollidays!

I've been quite busy the last few days, my routine has been mucked about by the weather but after a rash of doubts, i'm nearly ready to set off on my first 'proper' bike trip since i went to Sweden in 2019.

Thursday was a bit of a fail, the forecast said wet so instead of going for a ride, i didn't. Okay, other stuff did get bumped a bit but i was irked that the day was effectively dry. Whatever, the forecast for Friday was pretty good so i set off for parts east only to have issues with my GPS - i use it for recording where i've been rather than to navigate, i can use the Iphone but it eats battery. Anyhow, i made my way to Devizes, more precisely the Caen lock flight, a series of some dozen canal locks stacked one above the other, where i stopped at the cafe for some lunch. Then it was the run for home, i got the GPS working again, seems the issues were power related, anyhow the ride came in @ 65 miles, enough for a warm day.

I started Saturday with the laundry before giving the bike a quick clean, fitting the front pannier rack and packing the camping gear. Then i set off in the afternoon sunshine for a longer walk - i was out for over an hour but it was only about 5km.

Which brings us to today. I wanted to get in another decent ride before my mid week departure without doing anything too onerous so i took a spin out to the Severn, up the river to Berkeley before looping back towards the Cotswolds and down to Brizzle. It was a nice day if a bit windy in places but only just made the metric century!

Tomorrow i'll tackle the rest of the packing, essentially clothing then i'll be set. As i mentioned last time, it could be a fortnight before i can post properly again, depends to some extent on still unconfirmed plans for my return south.

Of course, i have put up a new chapter today, Calm After the Storm is part 24 of Fame and as it happens is a bit longer than the preceding chapters, i hope you enjoy it.

And just a reminder / heads up, the 'new' Gaby book, Hadrians Wall is now available for Kindle and Amazon dead tree versions!

That's it for now,
byeee!
Madeline Anafrid