My February Rides (week 1)

Monday 1/2/2010 Dawn in Burgess Park at c.0720 hrs . It was very cold. Roads are in a pretty poor state after the recent cold weather; I don't remember them being that much better before the freeze, but at least the local authorities have an excuse at the moment. Rye Lane seems particularly poor I think I will report this. there was a serious 'sink' type hole in Surrey Rd last week but that seems to have been patched up now - it didn't look a very permanent job I must say. It seemed to be a popular day for cycling. On the run home I found I was amongst a group of 5-6 in the Old Kent Rd. All together ignoring each other. What are Londoners like. Stats - day 32/365, rides 6 = 4.6 weeks/6 rides = 1.3 per week - in = 1:00:41 out = 1:08:?? Tuesday 2/2/2010 Train Stats - day 33/365 rides 6 = 4.7 weeks/6 rides = 1.3 per week Wednesday 3/2/2010 Two very ordinary rides today. Made quite good time this morning. I was really surprised to discover that SavaCentre in Sydenham is ¼ of the outward journey. On the way home there were quite a lot of cyclists at the bottom of Bow St going onto Waterloo Br. Waterloo Bridge is undergoing repairs for the rest of the year which has resulted in lane closures. Lanes are coned off and the bus lane is closed. The cyclist numbers depleted the further on I went on the route. And the ones that remained, were not always the same ones. We were down to just three by the community centre at Peckham and by the ½ way point I was on my own. Both rides were a bit damp but apart from some very light rain at SavaCentre on the ride home. I remained dry both ways. Stats - day 34/365 rides 7 = 4.8 weeks/7 rides = 1.5 per week - in = 0:57:17 out = 1:09:09 odo 13193 Thursday 4/2/2010 Train Got my health regime out of kilter today. I gave blood in the morning (donation 39) but then through my own poor time management missed lunch. When I got home my kids cooked me a couple of burgers - life savers. Stats - day 35/365 rides 7 = 5.0 weeks/7 rides = 1.4 per week Friday 5/2/2010 It was damp this morning. The roads were really quite wet but it didn't actually seem to be raining. Anyway it was a dry run in. Couple of little incidents: Coming out of the service Road to Wickes in Catford and turning across the entrance to the Halfords car park I had a near miss with a car turning in from the main road. I have long been nervous about this manoeuvre and thought that this might happen. There really needs to be a better connect between the end of the path in the Wickes car park and the ramp leading down to the tunnel under the South Circular. I will report this on SMIDSY as I think there will be a problem here before long. On my way up the Surrey Canal tow path as I passed under one one of the road bridges there came a loud tinkling sound and I thought I ridden through broken glass or something had fallen off the bike which was just ahead of me (he had a good look back). Anyway when I got to Burgess Park I realised that my wing mirror was missing. Judging by the sound I guess it had shattered. I couldn't find it when I stopped to look this evening. I do not understand that despite using exactly the same route on the return journey my mileages are 1/3 ml different. Stats - day 36/365 rides 8 = 5.0 weeks/8 rides = 1.6 per week - in = 0:58:40 (12.32 mls) out = 1:10:10 (12.63) odo 13217