What a disaster!

i've had so far today!

So i set off bright and early for my Birthday ride, a trip to Weston Super Mare out on the coast, the sun was shining, the forecast dry and the wind insignificant. But then, two hours in and half an hour from my destination the chain skipped once, then again, something caught my eye so i stopped to have a look. and there it was, a broken link. Not ideal but i can sort that, what i couldn't sort was the two inch split in the front tyre which now had inner tube herniating out, oh bgr! Yep, there was no way to make the tyre remotely safe to continue, the split being along the bead and whilst its annoying that the tread looked good for maybe another1000km or more, it has covered a good chunk of road over the last six months including a lot of 'not' tarmac. The chain however was only fitted at the beginning of the month so not good at all.

I could possibly have nursed everything the few miles to WSM but it was quite iffy and so i decided to abort and called for intercounty rescue. My plan for an age bashing ride was over after just 43km and i'm down £20 quid worth of tyre and tube (the tube exploded on the return journey as i forgot to deflate it, dur). I have the parts to sort it all out but birthdays are not for mechanicing bikes so that's a job for tomorrow.

In other news, i've done a couple of reasonable walks and completed over 100k steps in February so that's good. On Monday i started writing a new travelogue and yesterday, after my 9km walk, i got another chapter of the new Gaby tale completed putting me ahead of schedule - busy, busy, busy.

As for the rest of the week, more writing, more riding and more of Bev's stew!

That's all for today, guess i should sort out tonight's dinner,
Byee,
Madeline Anafrid