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With the hour change and a beautiful sunny morning I was more interested in putting my feet up and watching the world not go by – as very little passes our house except the weather.  However after some nagging I was persuaded to get out on my bike.  I decided to take the camera and idle my way around to Bishop’s Castle and back by the scenic route along the Vale of Montgomery.  Somewhere along the way – well Churchstoke to be honest I – forgot to take the right turn – but so what, the road was smooth, what passes for flat around here and pretty much traffic free.  And the views? Worth getting out of bed for, though the climb out of Bishop’s Castle was a bit longer than I expected.  All the more reason to stop have a snack and take a few pictures.

Montgomery Castle

The road to Chirbury

Bishop’s Castle

Churchstoke and the Vale of Montgomery

(1)  Further to recent posts re The Bicycle Icycle, this year is not the only one where ice or snow has been a feature.

(2)  Here is a photograph taken during the Surrey Saunter (the old name for The Bicycle Icycle) which took place on 5th March 2006:

*****  Now, here’s the thing  ….  *****

There’s a FREE PINT for the first person to explain why the two statements above, taken together, are not totally true.

Further to Mark’s post re the Bicycle Icicle, views from Wales:

From a spring day with frolicking lambs on Friday:

To snow stopped cycling on Sunday

and the poor farmers are desperately trying to save the lambs