My first epic.

Had a couple of days in a holiday cottage near Cardigan, so I thought I'd get a bit of mountain biking in. Did a very tiring 29 miles weaving my way around the bridleways west of Cardigan, on a route very loosely inspired by the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path. I can't ride most of that so why not ride all the bridleways etc. near to it?! The scenery here is stunning, this is the view across and beyond Ceibwr Bay.

29 miles!!! Bought a hydropack 2 days earlier, was I glad I did that!! That was a bargain £21 in Mountain Warehouse in Hereford. I'm sure it's a good substitute for a Camelbak. Holds 1.5l of water and 6l of luggage. 29 miles!!! The last 5 miles were the toughest, boy did I want them to end!! Next milestone (pardon the pun) is to break the 30 mile barrier, but the aches I've got today tell me I'm not ready. I think the optimum for me at the moment is around 20 to 25 miles of hilly, part off-road MTBing.


I think it means I can eat the 20 flat road miles a day to and from work! However, question is, do I want to bother wearing out my knobbly tyres on road miles I don't think I need it for the fitness side of things, so I may not bother. For: bike miles (but boring tarmac), exercise(but I can get that outside work as many times a week as I'd bike to work), Finance (Hmm £10 ish per week max), one in the eye for those that have poked fun at me for being fat!! (But do I really care? And 1.5 stone lighter and I've already got my jabbing stick poised!) Against: boring, showering in work, hassle, weather changes during a day then 10 miles home in the rain, boring cycle home after a crap day, the occasional need to get home in a rush. I think the againsts have it.