it's just me and the taxi drivers sharing the road at the moment. late nights and early mornings. sharing the sunrises and racing (but mainly missing) the sunsets. the pre dawn drivers seem to cruise zen like between junctions. the post pub, pre club drivers are much more jittery. swapping lanes, accelerating between light changes, a seemingly pointless rush.
leaving extra time for easy spinning in the morning, i know i'll be looking east watching the colours melting into one another. the balmy mornings hanging on to the mist, riding through pockets of cool. some evenings i remember to actually pedal, pushing hard on the hills and even harder on the downs. legs whirling outta control. past the balti houses, beer gardens and isolated industrial estates. the retail parks become home to the mopeds and boy racers. everyone has a hobby. home to crumpets and chocolate milk, ready to repeat.
*i've just 'won' a new commuter. watch this space
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We had some amazing sunrises up here last week. I leave home at 7am and the sun was just rising as I was passing through Ilkley on my way to work on several mornings
Some good sunrises / sunsets on my commute over the last week. Cloud has returned now though.
Nice writing btw, keep it up :)
You cannot just put that comment on the end, more information NOW please.
Peddling through town, heading to work for a morning shift. I used to love the smell of fresh baked bread and cakes.
On the way home from afternoons. It was the mouthwatering aroma of curries and kebabs.
Great post Kate
derby- it's good for the soul isn't it?!
simon- thanks. i'm really enjoying cycling at the moment. it's particularly satisfying saving money and getting fit at the same time :)
trio- i know, i know...very cheap old racer from ebay-it comes with mudguards!!
sbrt- fortunately i don't pass anywhere selling fresh bread or i would have to stop. but you're right about the mouthwatering curries. cycling through burngreave in sheffield is an exercise in will power!
urban wordsworth..lovely
Wow. Great writing. You need to get in touch with the Ride Journal about fleshing that out into a full piece of prose to submit etc.... :)
Pics of new bike required please!
As ever Kate, amazing pictures and poetic posting. what did I do before I discovered your blog for motivation? x
uc- fanks init!
vdubber- thanks, it's mainly my stream of conciseness whilst pedaling! hopefully picking the new bike up on saturday, old steel racer with sliding dropouts :)
ppc- cheers buddy! i always look to yours for vicarious thrills :)
Oh, a new commuter bike... I love the excitement of a new bike! Photos please!
groover- b minus 4 days :)
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