Day 3: Monday 3rd of January 2011

Day 3: Monday 3^rd of January 2011

What I was aiming for today was something quick and fun that I could feasibly do before work if I wanted to. So there was the challenge – under an hour and not so exhausting that I would spend the working day in a post-exercise fug. I am very pleased to say that I have found a work in progress. 47 minutes, 6.3miles and a nice range of bridleways. The drawbacks being a little bit too much road work for my wide tyred Specialised and a forward looking eye at the frosted ground suggests it might be a wet and muddy thriller when the weather finally warms up and winter turns into the Cumbrian deluges we know oh so well.

Heading out over Devils Bridge, swerving between the Bank Holiday bikers and various families looking slightly bored with the beautiful expanse of the Lune heading for Lancaster I hit the first hill and realised that my legs need some serious work. The fields opened up towards Brownthwaite and I thoroughly enjoyed the blast over

Bents Lane

past the Andy Goldsworthy sculptures even while the sky never wavered from a slate grey gloom.

All in all, not all that exciting, despite my surprising a whole hedge of goldfinches, but something of a success and day three feels like a bit of a hump!