Not many words today, as there was nothing complicated about my ride on the lovely Colnago: out on the main road to Recoubeau, then a left turn to pass the old station on the line to Châtillon, then the return via St Roman. Enough distance and gentle climbing to represent a slight increase in both to help along my rehab. All most delightful, even more so now that most of the holiday-makers have left the roads to me.
Apologies for the terrible, terrible pun. But I couldn't resist. Bad puns are like that.
Third day of no battery assistance, and it was 24km and 300m of ascent to do the lovely ride to Ponet (which itself has a delightful little circuit). As before, the little climbs were exceedingly slow, to keep my heart rate down (measured by keeping breathing at a 'could hold a conversation easily' rate).
It's a while since I've moseyed around the tiny streets in the village and gone up the sharp little hill (I walked, slowly!) to the temple and église, but it's all very pretty. Well worth the effort! My only complaint is that the excellent post explaining the geology is points its hole at the wrong geological feature!
After yesterday's very pleasant and successful non-battery ride, this morning's plan was a ride of similar length, but with an extra bit of hillage to see how legs & heart would react. So I headed south east on the RD93, took the Laval d'Aix turning, the minor road back to Moilères-Glandaz, and then the gentle hill up to Salières, before the return via the back road to Die. Very slow, but very lovely.
And the battery recharging was edible.
It was a beautifully cool morning this morning, the light was magnificent, and I was feeling good enough to see how my body would react to using the non-battery super-light Colnago road bike for a very short ride just down to the other side of Die and back. As much as the Moustache has been brilliant at taking the strain during my rehabilitation, it's a bit like driving a milk float instead of a racing car (I imagine... Ive never driven either) – it does the job very well, but it's about a third of my weight, compared with the Colnago being about a tenth, so the handling is decidedly 'heavy', even with the battery assistance.
Anyway, all was lovely this morning, and I couldn't stop grinning, being reminded of the sheer fun of road bikes in such beautiful scenery. And even going just 10 miles, there was no shortage of wonderful photos to take!
