Aug 22 2008
Day 62
We had another trip to Legoland today. The miles of walking are starting to take their toll on us all. Waking up in the morning our hips, ankles and feet are aching.
The weather today was excellent and Legoland was packed out. We got in early and enjoyed a few rides and the stunt show before calling it a day and headed back to stay at Nicola’s relatives house. They kindly loaned me a mountain bike so that I could get a little extra cycle practice in.
It was about 6:30pm before I got out and thought that I would have until about 8:00pm before the light started to fade enough to need lights. So I picked a route from a map down some country lanes that would take about an hour and set off. After an hour of cycling I realised that I wasn’t anywhere near where I started. I wouldn’t say I was lost but I had no clear idea of where I was. I used my sense of direction to take some turns towards where I thought I had set off and after a climb up a long hill saw some landmarks on the other side of the hill that gave me a better sense of direction. It took my 90 minutes in total to get back and at an estimated average of 12 mph I had cycled about 18 miles. These 18 miles felt quite good and I found that with my previous hill cycling that I had gone up the hills faster than I ever had before.
I am finding fitting in my regular exercise and diet difficult but today was the most succesful day on the holiday so far.