Edited by Gill Burrell, Wednesday, 17 Nov 2021, 21:06
On Sunday afternoon there 🌅 was balmy soft, warm sunshine with a cool breeze. The air was scented with the perfume of flowers, 💐 that was drifting across from the nearby gardens where I live. Today my friend and I were taking a bike ride to the next village.
My friend 🙋♀️arrived on her bicycle. In cool comfotrtable clothes and trainers. She had on her usual cheerful smile that always cheers me up !
We set off and I carried a small picnic in my bike carrier👝 on the back of my bike. 🚵♂️🚵♀️
The roads were quite busy as we expected!
At first I felt petrified as It has been a long time since I rode a bike, last time was when I was a care assistant working in the next village, where I used to cycle to work each day. But that was a long time ago! 🛣 Out on the main road I closely followed my more confident friend! After about 5 minutes in we slowed down , and signalled we were going to go left, just before we reached the hard shoulder.
↙️
At the hard shoulder we dismounted and walked along a little, until we reached the gap in the hedge. This track is not very well known by many people, but it has a wide flat path much used and flattened by busy tractors. It is excellent for riding a bike!
🚜
There is beet growing here in the field, which is food which they grow for the animals. We whizzed along quite quickly now!
Through this quite large field.
Fortunately nobody was about walking at the time, so we could really have fun riding fast!! We could almost fly! it was a great feeling of freedom and fun!!! 😁🚵♂️🚵♀️
The track broadened out as as it meets with the village green. 🟩⛲ Here we slowed down, dismounted , rested a while, and took a drink from a carton of orange🧃
Now we had to take to the road for about 5 minutes on a very quiet road thankfully. This takes us up to the next footpath. 🚵♂️🚵♀️
Next we rode along a long straight footpath behind the church. This footpath is mainly grassy and takes us along the side of the field, where some brown cows were grazing, safely behind the fence! 🐂 🐂🐄
They looked peaceful, there in the field, contentedly chewing on the lush green grass. We just slowed down a little, so as not to scare them. They moved back slightly nervous, but they soon carried on chewing again, after we had passed by. In the adjoining field there were some sheep 🐑 🐑also grazing, but further off in the distance. All this time we have been steadily climbing up hill. After a while the path comes to an end at a road.🛣
Now we just had a main road to cross to reach our final destination. Only a few cars passed by, then we were able to at last dismount from our bikes and cross over the road. A wide footpath leads us onto what appears to be a field, but soon we found ourselves on top of a hill, with an amazing vista! 🌄 where on a clear day like this, you can just about see the sea.🌊
We scanned the whole area. At the bottom of the hill we saw a foot bridge over a stream, then in the near distance a lake, 🏞this had 🦆🦆ducks and water hens on it. After that the road slowly rises up again, leading to a large wood. A farm to the right and wheat fields to the left. On our return journey home, we shall be heading back home by the scenic route, running alongside the wheat fields.
However, before we could go any further, we have a picnic to eat, so we walked along to the bench, sat down and unpacked our picnic!
🌲🛋👝 🧃🧃🌮🥪
What a lovely Sunday this was. There is nothing better than to be sitting, enjoying a lovely picnic, with a friend, in beautiful and peaceful surroundings! 🌅
The bike ride 🚵♀️
On Sunday afternoon there 🌅 was balmy soft, warm sunshine with a cool breeze. The air was scented with the perfume of flowers, 💐 that was drifting across from the nearby gardens where I live. Today my friend and I were taking a bike ride to the next village.
My friend 🙋♀️arrived on her bicycle. In cool comfotrtable clothes and trainers. She had on her usual cheerful smile that always cheers me up !
We set off and I carried a small picnic in my bike carrier👝 on the back of my bike.
🚵♂️🚵♀️
The roads were quite busy as we expected!
At first I felt petrified as It has been a long time since I rode a bike, last time was when I was a care assistant working in the next village, where I used to cycle to work each day. But that was a long time ago!
🛣
Out on the main road I closely followed my more confident friend! After about 5 minutes in we slowed down , and signalled we were going to go left, just before we reached the hard shoulder.
↙️
At the hard shoulder we dismounted and walked along a little, until we reached the gap in the hedge. This track is not very well known by many people, but it has a wide flat path much used and flattened by busy tractors. It is excellent for riding a bike!
🚜
There is beet growing here in the field, which is food which they grow for the animals. We whizzed along quite quickly now!
Through this quite large field.
Fortunately nobody was about walking at the time, so we could really have fun riding fast!! We could almost fly! it was a great feeling of freedom and fun!!! 😁🚵♂️🚵♀️
The track broadened out as as it meets with the village green. 🟩⛲ Here we slowed down, dismounted , rested a while, and took a drink from a carton of orange🧃
Now we had to take to the road for about 5 minutes on a very quiet road thankfully. This takes us up to the next footpath.
🚵♂️🚵♀️
Next we rode along a long straight footpath behind the church. This footpath is mainly grassy and takes us along the side of the field, where some brown cows were grazing, safely behind the fence! 🐂 🐂🐄
They looked peaceful, there in the field, contentedly chewing on the lush green grass. We just slowed down a little, so as not to scare them. They moved back slightly nervous, but they soon carried on chewing again, after we had passed by. In the adjoining field there were some sheep 🐑 🐑also grazing, but further off in the distance. All this time we have been steadily climbing up hill. After a while the path comes to an end at a road.🛣
Now we just had a main road to cross to reach our final destination. Only a few cars passed by, then we were able to at last dismount from our bikes and cross over the road. A wide footpath leads us onto what appears to be a field, but soon we found ourselves on top of a hill, with an amazing vista! 🌄 where on a clear day like this, you can just about see the sea.🌊
We scanned the whole area. At the bottom of the hill we saw a foot bridge over a stream, then in the near distance a lake, 🏞this had 🦆🦆ducks and water hens on it. After that the road slowly rises up again, leading to a large wood. A farm to the right and wheat fields to the left. On our return journey home, we shall be heading back home by the scenic route, running alongside the wheat fields.
However, before we could go any further, we have a picnic to eat, so we walked along to the bench, sat down and unpacked our picnic!
🌲🛋👝 🧃🧃🌮🥪
What a lovely Sunday this was. There is nothing better than to be sitting, enjoying a lovely picnic, with a friend, in beautiful and peaceful surroundings! 🌅