So after the somewhat static riding experience of Good Friday, the last two days have seen me make up for it by spending my time riding around the South West. Sarah and I went to Bath a few years back for a weekend away and ever since then, I've wanted to ride the A350, so what better place to start. The weather was a bit overcast yesterday and cool in places, but I still broke out the summer gloves etc and set out for a good day on the bike.
In what appeared to be a good piece of timing, the fuel light came on just as I entered Bath and after a quick drink and a bite to eat I pondered what to do next. I decided that I was going to head over to Weston-Super-Mare on the North Somerset coast and then down to Berrow before turning for home. I headed off down the A4 towards Bristol and my god, what a rubbish road; its just suburbia all the way. Not doing that again.
I hooked up onto the A370 and wanted to head to Berrow which is where my father heralds from. Its his birthday later this week so I took the opportunity (although if I'm being honest with myself, it was probably the reason I headed that way anyway) and bought a nice golf club shirt from his boyhood club. My dad was one hell of a player. Scratch at 16 back in 1961, England International and club pro. Not bad for a young man from a small village in Somerset.
On the way into town I immediately recognised a particular corner and knew exactly where I was. Three mins later and from a church car park I was looking at my late grand parents house. I hadn't been there for 20yrs but found it straight away. I didn't want to get too close and that would have been just a fraction too weird.
I hooked up onto the A370 and wanted to head to Berrow which is where my father heralds from. Its his birthday later this week so I took the opportunity (although if I'm being honest with myself, it was probably the reason I headed that way anyway) and bought a nice golf club shirt from his boyhood club. My dad was one hell of a player. Scratch at 16 back in 1961, England International and club pro. Not bad for a young man from a small village in Somerset.
On the way into town I immediately recognised a particular corner and knew exactly where I was. Three mins later and from a church car park I was looking at my late grand parents house. I hadn't been there for 20yrs but found it straight away. I didn't want to get too close and that would have been just a fraction too weird.
The ride back mainly consisted of fast A roads like the A303 and the A37 to Dorchester and was uninspiring to say the least. These are the roads you get nicked on doing three figures plus, mainly because they're so utterly boring and it was with a large smile that I turned off onto the A352 and headed for home.
Today I wasn't going to spend on the bike, but Steve from Conquest texted me and asked if I fancied a quick blast around. The weather today was so nice, it would have been wrong to say no. We didn't venture too far, just a quick visit to Culture in Three Cross and then over to Verwood to see if Crescent Suzuki were open. They weren't, but I did find out where Road and Race Performance are and I'll be heading over there at some point in the next day or so.
The day ended in glorious sunshine in Wimborne, bikes parked up, Steve and I drinking milkshakes putting the world to rights. If this is what Easter weekends are all about, then why have I been working them for the last decade?
Today I wasn't going to spend on the bike, but Steve from Conquest texted me and asked if I fancied a quick blast around. The weather today was so nice, it would have been wrong to say no. We didn't venture too far, just a quick visit to Culture in Three Cross and then over to Verwood to see if Crescent Suzuki were open. They weren't, but I did find out where Road and Race Performance are and I'll be heading over there at some point in the next day or so.
The day ended in glorious sunshine in Wimborne, bikes parked up, Steve and I drinking milkshakes putting the world to rights. If this is what Easter weekends are all about, then why have I been working them for the last decade?
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