Thursday, March 6, 2008

My Bike Trip to Work

Yuck.....7.15am and I am on my way to work-it takes about an hour.
This is Waterview Park-My first port of call just out from home.This is my bike, an Apollo Vispo. The original nice wheels I wrecked, so these are just cheapies to replace them. I have had to get the bottom crank replaced and a new chain, so I must have done some k's. (It is about 15km to work.)This is the "cliff" in Liverpool St near One Tree Hill. I always like to stop there to remind myself that we are just a very minor grain in the history of the earth and I always wonder just how old the layers of sediment are.
I know that this biking thing is mad (dangerous)--maybe that is why I do it. There are some fitness benefits, but the summer does not seem to last very long and I slip backwards in fitness in the winter. I also have to run a fine line between overdoing it, as I seem to get very tired.
This is the top of Golf Rd, just where I join the road around One Tree Hill. I usually stop and gasp for breath about here for a minute. But it is good to know it is all down hill to work from around here.This is the road around the bottom of One Tree Hill- On a nice morning, it is the highlight of the day with the fresh oak trees, animals and fields. Here we are on the way home---this is a house in Sandringham where I like to stop and have a drink of water. I really like this house. It has a brilliant front yard with a cat that sleeps on the front step.