Exercise...

Managed to get out on my bike tonight following all my good intentions for this week while E is at her dad's - Monday mum was ill so had to go and be dutiful daughter - Tuesday (last night) was A's leaving bash in Yarm so only exercise I got was walking from pub to pub and beer arm exercise.

So tonight it was in from work and out on bike. I decided to go my normal route through witchy woods (which incidentally i think are really called half pence woods) but decided to take one of the trails off the cart track instead (getting daring you see in my old age) - I generally stick to the ones I know just in case but today I thought bugger it. The trail was real good actually, took me through some woods and out into a lovely meadow and I recognised the track at the end as my usual route so decided to bomb down the meadow going hell for leather (not quite a good idea) - I miss judged my speed (and I'm crap with distance)and went flying over the track - was heading for some nettles so lifted arms up (bad move) other side was a kinda ditch and when i went to grab the handle bars agaun the nettles which had missed my arms had firmly taken hold of my handle bars so I ended up with stings all up my arms anyway lol. I ended up in a wheat field!!! I decided to take the tractor tracks to the other side to go through unexplored woods. I have to say the tractor tracks are the right width to jam your peddals into as I found out lol.

So anyway got to the woods and did ride some of them but have to say i think I'll wait for a riding mate to join me just in case (I've really lost my nerve since shattering my funny bone a few years back) and stick to easy stuff when on my own! Anyway good ride back and only one nice bruise on my elbow lol.