Promising Stopping Place?
I've been feeling a bit under the weather this weekend, and after a busy day on Saturday with Steve and Jean (who we haven't seen in literally, years) I thought I'd have a quiet relaxing day in.
We had been out this morning food shopping and also shopping for a new cycle helmet *cough* and I was happily dozing on the chair in the sun with a sleepy cat on my lap when my husband suggested I might like to pop out on the bike to see if the advertised benefits of the new helmet were all they are cracked up to be. My main issue with helmets are that they restrict movement and hearing and since 80% of body heat is exchanged through the head (!) then having it covered whilst exercising is not a good thing.
I chucked my book and camera into my bag, filled up the water bottle and left declaring that I would have a "short" ride due to my delicate health. A couple of hours later I fetched up on the edge of the field below, marvelling at the wonderful, stormy weather passing by just a few miles away.
There was definately a lot of rain, as there were small rainbows popping up every now and then and I could smell the rain in the air. The wind was quite strong, and I did wonder more than once if I was in for a soaking as this is some distance from my home, and if the wind had swung round, there would have been a lot of weather heading my way!
As it was, the sun went behind some clouds after a while and sitting on the grass became quite chilly and I headed off for home. I am very, very lucky indeed to live in such close proximity to this stunning countryside.
Oh, and the helmet is brilliant. I forgot that I had it on, and that's impressive.
We had been out this morning food shopping and also shopping for a new cycle helmet *cough* and I was happily dozing on the chair in the sun with a sleepy cat on my lap when my husband suggested I might like to pop out on the bike to see if the advertised benefits of the new helmet were all they are cracked up to be. My main issue with helmets are that they restrict movement and hearing and since 80% of body heat is exchanged through the head (!) then having it covered whilst exercising is not a good thing.
I chucked my book and camera into my bag, filled up the water bottle and left declaring that I would have a "short" ride due to my delicate health. A couple of hours later I fetched up on the edge of the field below, marvelling at the wonderful, stormy weather passing by just a few miles away.
There was definately a lot of rain, as there were small rainbows popping up every now and then and I could smell the rain in the air. The wind was quite strong, and I did wonder more than once if I was in for a soaking as this is some distance from my home, and if the wind had swung round, there would have been a lot of weather heading my way!
As it was, the sun went behind some clouds after a while and sitting on the grass became quite chilly and I headed off for home. I am very, very lucky indeed to live in such close proximity to this stunning countryside.
Oh, and the helmet is brilliant. I forgot that I had it on, and that's impressive.
posted by Catherine at 18:26
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