Jeez, Ron, seems like "Rides of 2025" is Just a Canajan Thing. Who knew??
I know you've been riding a lot, out there in LotusLand, 'cos My People at Komoot keep me posted on your doings.
En ce qui concerne moi-même et Freddie, well, it's been a matter of a wretched late wet'n'cold spring. Last winter ('23-'24) we had just 50% of our average snowfall, only about 110 cms; this year, we had 250 cms-plus, about 12-15% more than our average. And, some of that came in the second week of April, fer gawd''s sake, 20 cms of the stuff. In Toronto, where I was for ten days in early April, people were joking about "spring" being just a malicious rumour spread by
your favourite villain goes here. Gotta get/make your humour wherever you can, these days.
But, hope springs eternal, etc., etc., and today, nearly
two months after the date of my first ride in 2024, I managed a very welcome 15 kms along the bikepath system through the Experimental Farm. A few short'n'steepish hills to get my heart rate up -- more, at least, than 30 minutes' skating will do, if, like me, one's still a wee bit careful about cracks in the ice, sudden stops or backward spins to avoid careless youngsters, undsoweiter.
Freddie was smooth and unfussed about everything as you'd expect, and I was whistling back-and-forth with the Northern Cardinals. These lovely birds, bless'em, are
everywhere now, recent arrivals nudged waaay northwards in the last decade by climate change.
Photos to come from the next ride -- forecast is for sunshine and
20º on Monday!
This time last year, I was all the way up to Pink Lake in the Gatineau, but a mountain-biking acquaintance told me that the trails are still chock-a-block with snow. So, All That will probably have to wait 'til early/mid-May. You can check in from Foggie Olde to see what's what on this, Our Very Own Thread.
Do give my best to the West Country, and say hi to Sarah and all at Thorn Cycles if you're in Bridgwater.
Cheers, mate.
