I know that the British always joke about the Bank Holiday weather, but actually, in my experience, the May Day one’s are usually pretty damn decent. And today, was no exception. Having done our jobs on the hazy Sunday before, and done our ‘outing’ on the Saturday when we visited the Open Air Museum (which reminded me a lot of the Estonian Open Air Museum), today we decided to go for a bike ride.
After spending some time perusing the maps and checking the internet for bicycle circuits (with the aid of Em’s new Vodafone Broadband dongle thingumy) we settled on one around Windsor and Eaton.
Driving to our starting location we pass the barracks in Windsor with lots of soldiers and their family gathering, although we completely miss the later parade. Where we cycle from, following the Thames for a while, we make one error and end up along a footpath that really isn’t made for bicycles and cuts off a rediculous corner of road. Consequently by the time we arrive back in Windsor it is around lunchtime. We stop in the lee of the castle for a panini and iced tea before heading off, leisurely through Eaton, and on to Dorney Lake, and then back again. It doesn’t sound like far, but it was 15 miles and we did stop and admire the view (frequently). Well, there isn’t any sense in rushing things is there…
Originally uploaded by shepline on 9 May ’08, 11.05pm BST PST.
Originally uploaded by shepline on 9 May ’08, 11.04pm BST PST.
We’re going to watch another episode of Grand Designs Live now, and then I shall head off home with Bella and Arthur, and, I hope, miss the Bank Holiday traffic…
