Tales from Falsidehill

Uphill struggle

James dragged me out for a cycle yesterday. I wanted to go but I moaned and complained a lot beforehand because I didn’t think I was capable of getting up all the many steep hills around here. It really didn’t help when James showed me this graph of the actual changes in elevation that lay ahead of us:

I was right to be worried about the hills; they were serious hard work. But uphill pain became exhilaration as we sped downhill at 30mph. We cycled for almost nine miles, along some roads we’ve never been on before and the scenery was truly spectacular (as was the weather)! It was really great fun and I can’t wait to do it again!