Queen of the Road

Today we opted for some cross-training, in the form of a 25 mile bike ride. We set out at 9am but even by that time it was getting very hot! We haven't done much cycling this spring because of a) the downpour that was April and most of May and b) walking training has taken up most of our spare time. I found out today that walking does not use your thigh muscles as much as it must use other muscles. Normally I would find 25 miles not too strenuous but today my thighs were screaming by the end.. bizarre.

Anyway, enough about my legs. The bike ride will stay in our minds mainly because of the Queens dotted about all over the place. Random effigies of old Liz lined the route... some looking just like a bonfire guy and others rather more sophisticated. The 2 best were one propped up on a bike outside someone's gate and one with a mechanical arm which waved! Now I don't remember seeing anything like this at Silver or Golden so it must be a new thing... weird.  Unfortunately we were whizzing past too fast to take any pictures.