What I saw on my bike today…late Autumnal light
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I finally got back on my bike today. Therein lies a tale. I’ve known for month what bike I wanted to buy and have searched high and low for it. Yesterday I gave up the search and nipped in to a local bike shop, ready to buy any bike that fitted the bill. And there it was! MY BIKE! The exact bike I wanted, in my size, ready to go and in the sale. Be still my beating heart…
Here she is. Not the best shot, her pale olive glamour doesn’t stand out much against the background I chose. She’s awaiting a basket, hence the weird contraption on the front. Her name is TBA, but is possibly Annie. Annie the Allant (the model name). But I’m not convinced. Anyone got any suggestions?
Sigh. I love her. I love her totally upright position, I feel like a Victorian lady pottering about on her. I love the colour and I particularly love the big fat seat. It’s like a mattress it’s so cushy. My bottom is so grateful.
So, nursing a little hangover due to 6th wedding anniversary celebrations last night, off I wobbled around the lanes early this morning. It was a misty kind of morning, with a very weak sunshine attempting to break though. It felt good to be back on the bike again and, thanks to the mattress seat, padded pants and proper cycling trousers…it was a whole lot more comfortable than previously.
Things I saw that I couldn’t get a snap off…a pheasant on the churchyard wall….church bells tolling across the fields, a sound that can’t have changed in hundreds of years…the smell of wild mint…a bike hating labrador (WOOF WOOF WOOF!!) which I came across twice in a short ride and so much rubbish dumped in the hedges it brought on ‘the rage’…black bin liners, unwanted books, building work rubbish, car batteries, gloves, cans..why do people do that? It’s so unnecessary and selfish.
I finally managed to get a snap of this doorway which intrigues me. Not a great shot but I was trying to balance the bike between my knees to stop it rolling down the hill, while taking a sneaky shot without being noticed.
Later we took the bikes to the forest for a family ride. Before:
After:
Spot the difference? Some of our number climbed trees…
But kept their helmets on. Because you never know…
Your new bike is perfect! – especially the seat!
I just love the light this time of year, and you’ve captured in so beautifully!
Love the bile, but think that it must be a clarence or Constance.
Well it’s Ali of course…. I have green eyes and a rather large seat and would love to wander around with you in the lanes!!!!
Pix are out of this world…. really… so fab!!!!! hugs.
What beautiful photos, and a beautiful bike! But it looks more like a Mabel to me :)
wowow. great pictures! thx!!!
I love that bike…I have bike envy…I am favouriting this page to brandish at hubby later, Gorgeous pics as always! I think she may be a Maud. :)
Can you ride that thing of beauty without banging your knees on your chin? What is it with the new shapes bikes? My kids look so…. scrunched on them! It wasn’t until I got myself one I realised how oddly shaped they are, none of this full leg extension nonsense – apparently that’s SO 1970s :)
YAY! You found your bike. I love it. So glad you did.
what a lovely bike. She looks like an Agnes to me (said either Agg-ness as her everyday name or if you are feeling a little French and for special occasions she can of course be Ann-yes.) xx