Jodi, Brán and Mathonwy were here for 4 days over Easter. Jamie joined us on Easter Monday, and we drove in 2 vehicles, with 6 bikes, to park in Yateley for a ride around Blackbush airport. Jodi used my Gravel bike, Jamie used my ebike, and I used my road bike!
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One of the old runways at Blackbush
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| Our route |
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| Loads of planes took off whilst we were there |
The following day with Jodi and the boys, we parked at Bray and did a there and back ride along the Jubilee River. It's a great surface, with just a few puddles. Mathonwy got tired after 5.5 miles, so we decided to turn back, rather than go all the way to Windsor. Also, we have previously done a loop to Maidenhead then back to Bray via Braywick, but that would have been longer. Maybe next time.
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| Leaving Bray |
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| Monkey Island Lane |
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pushing the bikes over Monkey Island bridge to
enter Dorney rowing lake. (Olympic rowing lake, owned by Eton College) |
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| crossing to the opposite bank of The Thames at Dorney |
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| Early teastop after 2 miles! At Dorney Court garden centre |
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| The Oaktree leaves just bursting open at Dorney |
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Jubilee River path. Mathonwy was on the Tagalong last year.
Now he is off on his own. |
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| The Shags catching the sun at the weir. |
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| On our way back. Someone is tired. |
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| Planes overhead from Heathrow |
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| Jodi on my Specialise Gravel bike |
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| photo by Jodi. I rode my ebike today, without power obviously! |
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| Waiting for the horses to get ahead a little. |
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| Back to Dorney to cross over the bridge once more |
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Mathonway was tired, but did well. Catching us up
just over the M4 at Bray. John behind him.
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awe! Baby foals as we returned to Bray. They had been lying down.
"There are 2 dead horses", announced Brán.😂 |
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| The Waterside Inn, Bray. Shame it was closed today. 😉 |
Lovely to be cycling with everyone. The boys still need to be on cyclepaths for a few years yet, but we are fortunate to be able to put rides together to keep them interesting, and safe.
