I haven’t posted here on my website for so long. Crryyyy. Why? I don’t know. Well, I do. I have been doing things. Ok, that sounds loose. And the other reason is that I always think that producing anything takes so long. Imagine the editing and editing and editing that goes into producing anything whereas I could just sit and passively consume. Sounds bad. It is. I have decided to get back in writing on this blog and making videos. I shall produce!
Yesterday, being Wednesday 20th June 2018, I cycled from my hometown of Wellingborough to Nottingham. I have done this ride before, so it isn’t a new achievement. It is the first long ride I have done for a while though. I cycled a total of 76 miles yesterday, 68 up to Nottingham and the rest cycling around. It was my university city so I had a trip down memory lane. Afterwards, I went to see my best friend Seb and we went for dinner before I caught the train home.
It was a great ride. The weather was quite humid. The air was hot. There was some sun. I caught a bit of it. It rained a few times.
I have travelled a few long distances before and used numerous methods of navigation. I decided to go for a planned Garmin route. I spent about 15 minutes on my desktop planning the course. I clicked on an area approximately where I wanted to go and where I wanted to avoid and it automatically laid a line upon the roads in between. If it did take me on an A road, or anything dodgy looking, I simply dragged the line. I downloaded this to my Garmin and I was off.
I haven’t used this Garmin course feature for a while. And I forgot just how good it is. It counts down how many miles, and minutes there are to go. It works by showing a line which you have to follow. The bicycle is represented as a triangle. Very rudimentary but it generally works. A few times, where there was a fork in the road, I took an incorrect turn. The Garmin makes a noise and flashes to let me know and it points me in the direction to get the triangle back on the route. There was a few hiccups including a time it led me on to a canal path, and when it led me down a dirt track for tiny bit. Other than that, it got me there! Very good.
Thanks for reading,
Samuel x
