Summer comes to Borth
Steve had the week off this week and wanted to go out for a cycle in the hills. I should really have done some work, but couldn’t resist a day playing on our bikes so we headed off to the hills around 9am. I know, ‘It’s a Hard Life!’, but you only get one life so too much work and not enough play isn’t the way to live it.
We started off on the Pendam Trail but as soon as we got going Steve realised he couldn’t change gears properly. Not surprising really as his front derailleur was clogged up with dirt and grime. there wasn’t a lot we could do about it there so I put it into the middle cog for him and off we went. Steve was a little uneasy on the technical downhill bits, but was better than me on the uphills. Cycling to work everyday for the last however many years must have paid off, and the fact that he had to stay in a relatively high gear meant he had no choice to slow down too much anyway. As we approached Llyn Syfydrin we headed off onto the northern loop of the Syfydrin Trial and did that too.
By now the sun was shining and it got really hot on the long climb back to the top. I think Steve has the bug though. Once back at home I cleaned up and adjusted his deraileur for him and got it working , so there should be no stopping him now.
Summer had by now well and truly arrived to Borth. About time, but it had turned into a beautiful day, so after collecting Morgan from nursery we went over to the beach and had a play in the sea and then sat on the hot sand in the dunes. Certainly better than working all day… Although for those of you who think I do nothing, I did get up at 5.30am and do a couple of hours work before going out.
