lucie.robinson: My bike framed beautifully by a magnificent Ash in the Roman town site of Silchester. Silchester is Britain's largest Roman town site, mostly a large field but plenty of wall still left to see.
lucie.robinson: Take me to the tea. Trip out to Silchester Roman town site.
lucie.robinson: The bridleway ends at the pond's edge, a path is just about visible on the far side, & seeing there was no other way around, I take the chain ring deep plunge but what the hell is that brown thing floating over there?
lucie.robinson: Grey bike meet grey gate.
lucie.robinson: Re-united. My wayward bike, back from its day trip to Paignton (with the Intercity 125 that brought it back). I wonder if my previous bike is still travelling the rail network.
lucie.robinson: Cycling to a walk. IMG_3736
lucie.robinson: Gates of a manor house through which the bridleway passed.
lucie.robinson: My trusty steed.
lucie.robinson: Eschewing the tow path since my fall, I picked on Greenham Common for the route home. The high wind and rain blew away all the cobwebs from a day stuck in the office.
lucie.robinson: The Bell at Boxford, supper stop
lucie.robinson: Kennet & Avon Canal & my bike :o)
lucie.robinson: To Bagnor, post work cycle. A fox was sunning itself in the grass just around this corner.
lucie.robinson: The "rattler" home.
lucie.robinson: It felt so great to be back in London again.
lucie.robinson: Mown grass covered everything.
lucie.robinson: Holkham Beach, Norfolk, my bike has never been on a beach before
lucie.robinson: 140918 - Norfolk - 278
lucie.robinson: Finally made it to Cromer. The sea is out there somewhere.
lucie.robinson: My travel companion, looking a little old & tired (or is that just me.. The woods by Greenham Common.
lucie.robinson: Test driving cars day, the shortcut to the garage at Hook.
lucie.robinson: Shepherds Bridge, over the Kennet & Avon Canal, near Kintbury
lucie.robinson: Home at last :o)
lucie.robinson: My bike - portraits
lucie.robinson: Joining me on my daily commute.
lucie.robinson: Bike parking @ the Vyne, National Trust, Hants
lucie.robinson: Waiting for the 15:14 to take me home, Bramley Station, Hants
lucie.robinson: Toby Carvery Newbury Parking
lucie.robinson: En route to the van hire pick up, pouring rain & cycling ankle deep in a flood. What an adventure.
lucie.robinson: Thorn avoidance parking. Fungi Walk in Bowdon Woods.
lucie.robinson: Bike parking, Shaw House, for the Civil War, 2nd Battle of Newbury walk.