One of Those Rides.

Yesterday was the first day in a couple of weekends where I'd felt well enough to ride the MTB. Still perhaps a bit early, but I needed to ride. Heading up the the usual spot, the air was cool - upon leaving the car at 12noon it was only 16 degrees, the maximum for the day. Sunshine made it pleasant, though.
Colours are changing - yellow for now.


My bike taking a breather before the ascent of the last pitch (in the background). STIL (steeper than it looks...honest)


Pretty. I swear I wouldn't be too surprised to see Bilbo and Frodo ambling along here, except if they were speaking Japanese.


More colours - I like this photo. Nothing special, but the colours are fairly true to real life - it was sunny, warm and perfect.

As usual it was too much fun coming down to stop and take photos, sorry. In consolation here's a half-arsed pano of the little valley in which I parked.

A few more words tomorrow about this ride, it'll be more of a bike-geek thing, so be forewarned...