A busy day in the sun

Unusually for a bank holiday weekend, the sun's been shining.  I had committed myself to showing people round my Department's research laboratories, but it was such an excellent sunny morning I took the long way round, scoring 27 miles en route.  Fortunately I avoided coming to grief at the paws of a particularly dim lagomorph - happily, as I would have cut a sorry figure for the lab tour otherwise.

Once that was done and dusted, I rode home for a spot of lunch before nipping out for a tandem ride on the blue tandem (it was the other one I overhauled yesterday).  This was pretty uneventful, though we went down lanes new to my stoker.   Home and a bottle of Speckled Hen beckoned irresistibly.

Readers of the Team Grumpy blog might know I've tried to come to some kind of work-life balance that might permit me to get a bit more training done - this new system seems to be paying dividends at least in the cycling miles done - over 230 miles this week, including turbo training.  We also get to work feeling a bit more laid back than when we go dashing in early.  Remains to be seen if I can race any faster of course!

The coming week should see the reunion of Team Grumpy for the NBRC club '10' on Wednesday.   It remains to be seen whether I'm confident enough to ride the event solo prior to trying it as a 2-up, I guess I'll decide immediatel beforehand.