Where Did You Ride or Walk Today?
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Sunday -- 18.93 km hilly bicycle ride exploring the area + upper body weight workout + core workout + 200 steps climbed.
Brilliant sunshine, 23C and winds gusting to 30 km/h.
Photos from the ride ...
Brilliant sunshine, 23C and winds gusting to 30 km/h.
Photos from the ride ...
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The last couple days have been dark and stormy, but we managed to get out this evening for a quick walk down to the beach (shown in the photos above, and in several more photos you'll find if you click the photos above).
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Yeah ... good question.
There is this rather wealthy guy here who built the Mona: Mona ... a rather strange museum. He also bought up the land around, along the foreshore and in that particular spot, Wilkinson's Point, he installed a red window. There's not much else there ... a couple benches, a wall with a red window, and a wall with a clear window, and an area that looks like it used to be an old dock or something ... like a building was there, was knocked down, and most of the rubble was cleared away.
Evidently it is supposed to be some sort of facility for get-togethers or something ... but when we've been there, we've often been the only ones there. At most I think I've seen maybe half a dozen people walk around the area really quickly and leave. There's really nothing there to make people want to linger. For us, it makes an interesting backdrop for the bicycles ... and since there's no one around, we can take photos without people walking through.
- GASP! Park Facilities
The last time we were there, a lady wandered around a bit and then told us that he great-grandfather used to own the land, but it was sold off and she wanted to visit it to see what had been done with it. She didn't say what she thought of it.
There is this rather wealthy guy here who built the Mona: Mona ... a rather strange museum. He also bought up the land around, along the foreshore and in that particular spot, Wilkinson's Point, he installed a red window. There's not much else there ... a couple benches, a wall with a red window, and a wall with a clear window, and an area that looks like it used to be an old dock or something ... like a building was there, was knocked down, and most of the rubble was cleared away.
Evidently it is supposed to be some sort of facility for get-togethers or something ... but when we've been there, we've often been the only ones there. At most I think I've seen maybe half a dozen people walk around the area really quickly and leave. There's really nothing there to make people want to linger. For us, it makes an interesting backdrop for the bicycles ... and since there's no one around, we can take photos without people walking through.
- GASP! Park Facilities
The last time we were there, a lady wandered around a bit and then told us that he great-grandfather used to own the land, but it was sold off and she wanted to visit it to see what had been done with it. She didn't say what she thought of it.
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Yeah ... good question.
There is this rather wealthy guy here who built the Mona: Mona ... a rather strange museum. He also bought up the land around, along the foreshore and in that particular spot, Wilkinson's Point, he installed a red window. There's not much else there ... a couple benches, a wall with a red window, and a wall with a clear window, and an area that looks like it used to be an old dock or something ... like a building was there, was knocked down, and most of the rubble was cleared away.
Evidently it is supposed to be some sort of facility for get-togethers or something ... but when we've been there, we've often been the only ones there. At most I think I've seen maybe half a dozen people walk around the area really quickly and leave. There's really nothing there to make people want to linger. For us, it makes an interesting backdrop for the bicycles ... and since there's no one around, we can take photos without people walking through.
- GASP! Park Facilities
The last time we were there, a lady wandered around a bit and then told us that he great-grandfather used to own the land, but it was sold off and she wanted to visit it to see what had been done with it. She didn't say what she thought of it.
There is this rather wealthy guy here who built the Mona: Mona ... a rather strange museum. He also bought up the land around, along the foreshore and in that particular spot, Wilkinson's Point, he installed a red window. There's not much else there ... a couple benches, a wall with a red window, and a wall with a clear window, and an area that looks like it used to be an old dock or something ... like a building was there, was knocked down, and most of the rubble was cleared away.
Evidently it is supposed to be some sort of facility for get-togethers or something ... but when we've been there, we've often been the only ones there. At most I think I've seen maybe half a dozen people walk around the area really quickly and leave. There's really nothing there to make people want to linger. For us, it makes an interesting backdrop for the bicycles ... and since there's no one around, we can take photos without people walking through.
- GASP! Park Facilities
The last time we were there, a lady wandered around a bit and then told us that he great-grandfather used to own the land, but it was sold off and she wanted to visit it to see what had been done with it. She didn't say what she thought of it.
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Thursday 01 January, 2015 -- I did a 16.43 km ride today. Rowan rode slightly longer than that because he had to go back and retrieve his sunglasses.
We were testing a pair of mountain bikes Rowan built ... so about half the ride was on the road on the way to and from the local reserve, and half the ride was off-road in the reserve.
Nice day, high of about 20C ... and it dropped to about 15C by the time we got home. No wonder I felt a bit chilly. I forgot my jacket so I did the ride wearing shorts and a cap-sleeved jersey. But it was mainly sunny with winds gusting to 44 km/h.
We were testing a pair of mountain bikes Rowan built ... so about half the ride was on the road on the way to and from the local reserve, and half the ride was off-road in the reserve.
Nice day, high of about 20C ... and it dropped to about 15C by the time we got home. No wonder I felt a bit chilly. I forgot my jacket so I did the ride wearing shorts and a cap-sleeved jersey. But it was mainly sunny with winds gusting to 44 km/h.
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First working day of the new year ... and 5.6 km of walking.
To and from bus.
From allergy clinic.
To and from library.
To and from the beach ... it was a hot summer day today. Good day for a splash at the beach.
To and from bus.
From allergy clinic.
To and from library.
To and from the beach ... it was a hot summer day today. Good day for a splash at the beach.
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Saturday 03 January 2015 -- 34.51 km. A hot and hilly ride in the local area. Explored some roads, found an interesting route option.
Plus upper body and core work.
Plus a 3 km walk to the beach and along the beach and back.
High today ... +34C (that's 93.2 for those of you on the old system). And now we're having the inevitable thunderstorm.
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Getting ready to go for a ride ...
Road sign ... I think that's a quoll ...
Cycling along one of many bays ...
Our beach ...
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Plus upper body and core work.
Plus a 3 km walk to the beach and along the beach and back.
High today ... +34C (that's 93.2 for those of you on the old system). And now we're having the inevitable thunderstorm.
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Getting ready to go for a ride ...
Road sign ... I think that's a quoll ...
Cycling along one of many bays ...
Our beach ...
(Click photos for more)
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Sunday -- 40.7 km up and down and up and down the local hills ... practicing some hills that are becoming familiar, trying out some new ones.
Nice day ... a bit windy gusting up to 41 km/h but a high of 23.8C
Nice day ... a bit windy gusting up to 41 km/h but a high of 23.8C
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Chilly day for a walk (didn't get above freezing until after I got home). Usually it isn't so bad, but I had the rare 10+ mph headwind for half of the route . Did pick up a Rx for my daughter and paid some money to my PCP along the way.
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OK ... I motivated myself to get out for a ride. Sometimes you just have to get dressed in the cycling gear ... and once you do that, you might as well at least go look at the bicycles ... and when you do that, you might as well select one and take it for a short spin ... and before you know it, you've ridden a hilly 20.92 km.
My route takes me down this hill ... down to the road you see below ... and then down to the beach. I have tried to climb this hill once, but had to walk. So I figured out another way up.
At the beach.
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^^ That's funny, there's a restaurant called Fork in the Road just a few blocks from my house.
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Equally bicycle related for this alleged LCF thread:
I often listen to the songs from Motown including A Fork in the Road by the great Smokey Robinson and the Miracles when I ride my bicycle. This song was on the other side of Tracks of My Tears, probably the best 45, ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx2XjXCZRJ0
I often listen to the songs from Motown including A Fork in the Road by the great Smokey Robinson and the Miracles when I ride my bicycle. This song was on the other side of Tracks of My Tears, probably the best 45, ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx2XjXCZRJ0
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I get a chuckle out of it.
Apparently the road used to fork there, but it is now a large roundabout ... so perhaps it's more of a soup spoon now.
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In addition to the ride, I also walked down to our local grocery store to pick up a few things.
One of Rowan's coworkers gave him a bag of freshly picked apricots. They are just ripe, and won't last too long, so I needed to do something with them. Several people made good suggestions, but one grabbed my attention: apricot and apple crumble. But I needed to get some ingredients ... hence the walk to the shops.
This may have been the first crumble I've ever made, or if not, then it has been so long since I've made one, I've forgotten. I was greatly relieve that it turned out.
Now I'm trying to figure out what to do with cherries.
Apparently the road used to fork there, but it is now a large roundabout ... so perhaps it's more of a soup spoon now.
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In addition to the ride, I also walked down to our local grocery store to pick up a few things.
One of Rowan's coworkers gave him a bag of freshly picked apricots. They are just ripe, and won't last too long, so I needed to do something with them. Several people made good suggestions, but one grabbed my attention: apricot and apple crumble. But I needed to get some ingredients ... hence the walk to the shops.
This may have been the first crumble I've ever made, or if not, then it has been so long since I've made one, I've forgotten. I was greatly relieve that it turned out.
Now I'm trying to figure out what to do with cherries.
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Yeah ... getting a little bit tired of that. They are delicious ... probably the best cherries I've had. There are just so many of them!
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I've never made jam ... but I'm almost tempted to give it a try.
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Except for the long 17% hill, I managed to make it all the way home without pausing(except for lights) on my hilly commute.
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Equally bicycle related for this alleged LCF thread:
I often listen to the songs from Motown including A Fork in the Road by the great Smokey Robinson and the Miracles when I ride my bicycle. This song was on the other side of Tracks of My Tears, probably the best 45, ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx2XjXCZRJ0
I often listen to the songs from Motown including A Fork in the Road by the great Smokey Robinson and the Miracles when I ride my bicycle. This song was on the other side of Tracks of My Tears, probably the best 45, ever.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yx2XjXCZRJ0
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