It's been a while since I've posted on here, and as I'm back-dating a couple of entries I'm surprised and impressed at how far we've already come.
So. Saturday 29th January
With Clare away that weekend I decided I must overcome my anxiety and force myself to go for a cycle without her. In fact I spend so long avoiding the ride by looking up routes and making sure I have everything ready that by the time I leave I realise I've got less than an hour left before it gets dark (Violet does not have any lights). I ended up going into Fulham (total 3 minutes cycle), having a pint with the lovely Anna and scooting home again with the sunset behind me.
Sunday 30th January
A more successful venture. I learnt from the previous day's lesson, quickly chose a route with the maximum amount of park cycling, minimum of scary road cycling, and got going in the unseasonably glorious sunshine. I headed along the Old Brompton Road, managed to pull over for a fire engine without getting squished, and took a left up to Hyde Park. Feeling like a proper cyclist I then used the cycle (and horse) crossing to get over to the Wellington Arch and down Constitution Hill, which is closed to traffic on Sundays, and on to Buckingham Palace. By now Violet is alarming nearby tourists by making extremely loud and worrying noises whenever I slow down. I think she may be on the way out... We make it home though and work out we've cycled about 11 miles. It's an improvement from last week, though I'm dismissing the fact that it took me an inordinate 90 minutes to cycle because naturally I stopped a lot to take these photos.... Ahem....
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