This Girl Can..........

Well I did it, in my own style!!!! I managed to do almost 6 miles and gosh a few hills and I only fell off once, right into a bush of nettles at the side of the road, but all is good and I actually enjoyed it (well not the falling off part!)  Here I am in the said Lycra and all smiley before I left the flat! All I will say is that its a lot harder than it looks and I didn't realise how scared I would be of the traffic, every time I heard a car or (a very patient) Craig said "theres a car coming" I found myself panicking inside and wobbling a little on the bike. Hoping this will ease up the more I do it and the confidence I gain.   Hills are hard, I knew they would be but I didnt realise that coming down hills would be hard, I wasn't prepared for that. There are a lot of them round here and I was a little fearful of coming down steep hills and sometimes found it hard to brake and not panic! Anyway it's not all doom and gloom, not by a long shot. On the qui

Yep you read that right, today, the 24th day of July 2019 I bought a lovely shiny new road bike!!!! I have never ridden a road bike before (other than maybe having a go on the next door neighbours son's bike when I was about 11) but over the last year I have seen both the physical and mental health benefits cycling can have first hand, through my partner Craig who cycles 3 times a week. It's been a real turning point in his life and made a huge difference to his physical and mental wellbeing and after I tried running for 5 weeks (and giving up after a dodgy hip) I decided I was going to bite the bullet and buy a bike and sample a bit of the wellbeing for myself! Having stalked Ebay and Facebook marketplace for the last few weeks and also checking out various cycle specialist websites I found my new baby on Ebay and made a trip over to Halifax to have a look!! I think it was probably the fastest purchase made in the history of the shop and within 7 minutes a lovely youn