Did Orient loop from Port de Pollenca clockwise today 
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The usual 19 mile hilly today, headwind mostly outward, and 30mph tail winds to rocket me back home… makes me feel 30 years younger cruising along at 25mph so effortlessly.
Also back on the summer bike with summer kit 
However, going along one lane briefly followed a tractor with trailer which smelt every bit a prime ripe dung spreader, it gathered speed and went on ahead. A mile later i had the unpleasant experience of negotiating some of its bomb-bay contents that oddly lay freshly plopped across the road… an inch think, wet and stinky, no idea why farmers need to fertilise tarmac (?) 
Back home after a shower, kit in washing machine; sat in the armchair but could smell 
how bad the aroma really is 
so took bike outside for a serious decontamination wash 
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Lots of riding lately - 120 hours since start of March. Need a couple of days off to recover and hopefully get physiological adaptation embedded 
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This year, to date. Getting into it slowly 
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my new toy bought yesterday
Look 765 Optimum Ultegra (50-34/11-34)
will take it for a ride in 15 days
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Nice bike, could do with some handlebar tape 
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Yeah, that’ll be better.
I’ve only just bought it and my dealer needs to set it up.
It’s also missing some nice pedals
130k in persistent rain. 11 degrees felt like 6 degrees. Legs tired and power way down. I was definitely the nail today.
Need a few days off…..
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Nice day out today and I am feeling fitter after a back spasm induced layoff. Just great to be out in spring sunshine, although it was pretty cold early on. Bluebells, wild garlic, and spotted a short-eared owl patrolling a field a few miles from home. Usually see one every few years, seems to be in spring too.
Had a good 50k ride with Mrs W in Norfolk this week too. Very flat! We spent most of the week kayaking on the Broads-with lots of wildlife, including a very close encounter with a Marsh Harrier that I think was sizing my wife up as a snack. Quite spectacular. Generally we find that birds and other animals (for example otters in Scotland) are not too disturbed by the kayaks and we can get surprisingly close at times.
Bruce
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Right now. Few hours after work. I have lost so much skill and guts with no riding. Thank god for this e-bike.
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I once did the London to Brighton three times in a day.
Started out at 3 am from Clapham, and was the First across the line in Brighton.
Then Cycle back to Clapham, had some pasta, and we cycled back to Brighton again.
Both times I did not touch my foot down on the ditchling beacon, and it was a very hot day, about 20 years ago. 
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Impressive 
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Me and my two friends, who were nine years younger than me, had worked up to doing that over the previous two years.
Once we came halfway back from Brighton.
The next time we came all the way back from Brighton to Clapham.
And finally, we did the treble.
I always rode a Marin mountain bike.
But for the final treble, I actually hired a road bike two weeks earlier and got used to riding it.
Over the past few weeks i’ve been mildly aware that my Trek Domane front [Dura Ace] hydraulic disc brake emits a faint but audible ‘ting’… just a slight rub on each revolution.
The 140 rotors are perfectly straight.
So before yesterday’s ride i removed the front pads, carefully cleaned them with soapy water, rinsed, and dried, observed plenty of pad left so good to reuse.
The caliber itself was cleaned with a good splurge of WD40, and when dry the little plungers exercised with the pads & disc back in position. However it still ‘tinged’ on wheel revolution.
So i adjusted the lateral play on the caliber which gained a visual equal gap between each pad and the disc. This corrected the issue, and the wheel now spins freely without any of those bothersome ‘tings’.
Anyway, i was somewhat amused after my hilly 19 mile ride yesterday which resulting in getting home around a full fat 5 minutes earlier than usual.
Now wondering how much wattage those ‘tings’ actually required (?) 
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You proved some ting was amiss!
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After surviving the spring heat wave of May, it’s now summer and time to don on the 3/4 crop leggings and Helly Hansen long sleeve undervest… 
Marvellous to get out on the Domane after a severe wet and windy 5 day lay-off, apart from a bit of drizz’ today it was fine, however needed to stop to retighten the right hand STI levers which became loose; and which got looser and looser until i stopped to make the very first use of my little Bontrager allen key multi tool, fixed the job and continued
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