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| Bike ride to Exeter | 2016-10-18 | Start of a possible attempt to maybe get a little fitter.
A twenty mile round trip ride into Exeter (Mill on the Exe area) and back again.
The final climb back up Cockwood Hill nearly killed me.
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| DIY shopping | 2020-12-17 | Into Marsh Barton. A bti wet and a bit windy.
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| Exeter and back | 2017-07-16 | It was going to be a longer ride round to Lympstone but it started raining and the wind got up.
Still - first time ever with an average speed of over 15 mph! Would have been faster except for having to slow down so often for huge numbers of kids and walkers. They are also digging up the cycle path at Exe Bridges which meant walking round various diversions and not getting the full 20 miles in.
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| Post work ride to Exeter | 2020-02-05 | Into Exeter after Liz's work day
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| Into Exeter | 2019-11-04 | With Liz. Coffee at Mrs Lutzys
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-06-03 | Ride in to Exeter with Liz to buy a new buoyancy aid.
Coffee at Mrs Lutzys.
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| Xmas cycle ride | 2019-12-25 | Into Exeter and back with Liz (who forgot the mince pies).
Sunny and no wind!
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| Exeter bike ride | 2022-07-15 | A little bit of Exeter shopping
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-12-22 | Into Exeter with Liz. Lots of flood water.
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| Exeter and back | 2017-12-09 | Into Exeter and back. Just got bike back from a big service by Jon S. Combination of a freshly serviced bike and not much wind made the moving average a bit better than some other recent rides.
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| Into Exeter and back | 2018-12-01 | A ride with Liz into Exeter for coffee and tarts at Lutzy's.
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| Exeter and back | 2017-04-16 | Into Exeter and back. A fair old head wind on the way out but speedy on the way back. Not a bad average for me given that I'm still not fully over the lurgie I've had for the last couple of weeks.
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| Into Exeter | 2020-07-06 | Toolstation shopping for the next DIY project.
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| Exeter and back | 2016-12-03 | A windy ride into Exeter and back, Liz still in post lurgie mode.
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| Work cycle ride | 2017-05-23 | Into work and back. Not much wind which made it a bit easier.
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| Lizzies 100 mile week - Part 4 | 2019-03-07 | Aidan goes abroad for work and Lizzie does a 100 miles on the bike in one week!
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| Exeter and back | 2018-10-27 | Into Exeter with Liz for coffee at Lutzys.
Windy on the way out - about a F5 (enough get the dinghy cruise planned for the afternoon to be cancelled)
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| Exeter and back | 2017-12-04 | A ride into Exeter and back with Liz
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| Exeter bike ride | 2021-10-11 | Into Exeter
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| Into Exeter | 2018-01-06 | Into the centre of Exeter to pick up Liz's phone after a repair because it got dunked in "a bowl of water". Excellent service from IT Mobile in Gandy Street.
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| Ride into Exeter | 2018-12-10 | A cycle ride with Liz into Exeter.
Mrs Lutzy's was closed so we had another cool coffee on the other side of the quay.
On posh bike and no wind so an easy ride.
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| Liz ride to work and Exeter | 2019-03-27 | Liz cycle ride to work and then into Exeter with Aidan for lunch at Mrs Lutzys.
Aidan had a puncture on the way home and had brought the right sized spare tyre but with the wrong sized valve. Doh. Liz cycled home and then rescued Aidan in the car.
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| Exeter bike ride | 2019-03-31 | Into Exeter and back with Liz. Bit of a head wind on the way in. Angry caravanner on the way back.
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| Lizzies 100 mile week - Part 3 | 2019-03-05 | Aidan goes abroad for work and Lizzie does a 100 miles on the bike in one week!
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| Breakfast at Lutzys | 2018-10-20 | Into Exeter with Liz for breakfast at Lutzys
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| Car buying bike ride - part 2 | 2013-04-22 | Back into Exeter to buy a replacement car after our Citroen Xsara estate died after just 77k miles.
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| Exeter bike ride | 2019-10-06 | Into Exeter with Liz. Liz's left knee AWOL so really the average speed should be doubled to 19.8 mph. Mrs Lutzy's full again with bloody cyclists!
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| Exeter and back | 2017-04-14 | Wanted a nice gentle ride as it was the first time back on the bike in three weeks - a camper van trip and a slow to end lurgie having got in the way.
And a nice gentle ride with Liz it was.
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| Starcross Steamer Bike Ride | 2020-01-19 | Into Exeter for a spot of shopping and then a while at Starcross Yacht Club watching the annual Starcross Steamer dinghy race. The winds were better for cycling that for sailing.
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| Exeter and back | 2016-11-28 | A windy ride into Exeter and back. Luckily the wind (F5 to F7 on Met Office forecast) was mostly on the side,
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| Hundred miles this week | 2016-10-22 | The fifth 20 miler of the week. I'd expected this to be a gentle cycle ride with Liz but she was all gung ho! Way faster than I was expecting and I wasn't allowed my usual stopping places to have a breather.
This was the fifth day out in a row doing 20 miles meaning that the target of doing 100 miles in a week was reached with 2 days to spare.Day off tomorrow!
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| Lizzies 100 mile week - Part 2 | 2019-03-04 | Aidan goes abroad for work and Lizzie does a 100 miles on the bike in one week!
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| Breakfast at Lutzys | 2018-09-29 | Into Exeter with Liz for breakfast at Lutzys on the Quay.
Quite slow as it was Liz's first time back on the bike for about 6 weeks.
Replacement saddle and grips on my bike were fine.
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| 2017 miles cycled in 2017 | 2017-12-02 | This track reaches my target of cycling 2017 miles in 2017!
Was meant to be a gentle ride to Lutzys for lunch but a torn wall on the side of Liz's tyre meant that we had to abandon and get a new tyre.
Then into Exeter Quay a little later reaching the 2017 mile mark somewhere near the Turf Locks.
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| Bino buying cycle ride | 2020-01-25 | Into Exeter with Liz to buy some retirement present binoculars.
Top "creamy veggie slices" at Warrens.
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| Exeter and back | 2018-12-16 | Into Exeter and back with Liz. Mrs Lutzys was shut so we stopped at SYC for a coffee on the way back. Rainy!
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| Back from Exeter | 2019-11-04 | Slow ride back from Exeter
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| Bike shop ride | 2019-03-28 | Into Exeter to pick up some spare inner tubes and repair kits after yesterday's puncture shenanigans.
Garmin Connect made the moving average for this trip as 14.8 mph - prefer their calculations!
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-06-10 | Into Exeter and back with Liz. Coffee and a choccie brownie and Mrs Lutzys.
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| Lizzies 100 mile week - Part 1 | 2019-03-02 | Aidan goes abroad for work amd Lizzie does a 100 miles on the bike in one week!
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| To the canoe shop | 2018-08-20 | Into Exeter to buy a replacement kick stand for the canoe trolley
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| Lutzys cafe | 2017-11-11 | A cycle ride into Exeter and back with Liz. Stopped at Lutzy's Cafe for the rather nice custard tarts and some coffee.
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| Work cycle ride | 2017-06-30 | Windy both ways but wind somewhat in favour on the way home
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| Into Exeter | 2020-02-12 | Into Exeter with Liz via Exminster (as the bumpy bit of the cycle path is being repaired - hurrah!).
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2020-03-18 | Into Exeter with Liz on a post work bike ride
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| Exeter and back | 2016-11-27 | Liz's first time back on the bike at the tail end of a two week lurgy.
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2020-03-12 | Into Exeter with Liz after she finished work
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| Lidls and SYC | 2018-08-05 | A trip into town with Liz to pick up some cheap tat at Lidls and then stopped for a coffee at SYC where the weather was perfect for the Kathleen/Buxton Belle Trophy races. But that did mean we were cycling back into a stiff sea breeze.
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| Liz's first time back on the bike in a month | 2019-10-05 | Into Exeter. Was going to have coffee and Mrs Lutzys but cafe was full. Was going to book a demo paddle on an inflatable kayak but shop had a busy open day. Cam home via SYC.
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| Ride to Exeter Quay and back | 2013-10-07 | Light winds on the way to the Quay and a head wind on the way back. New walking boots at Framers Friend. Wearing out the soles of walking boots every years must mean we are walking the dog too much.
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| Exeter bike ride | 2019-11-10 | Into Exeter with Liz
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-10-27 | Into Exeter with Liz
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| Fast Exeter cycle ride with Liz | 2020-03-13 | Into Exeter with Liz (who put a bit of effort in for once). Mrs Lutzy was pleased to see us (but no kisses)!
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| Exeter bike ride | 2021-10-07 | First time into Exeter in ages
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| Another puncture | 2019-03-27 | Met up with Liz after she'd finished work and cycled into Exeter for lunch at Mrs Lutzys.
Cycling back, I got a puncture. It was bad enough that the "snake eyes" double puncture highlighted that I'd been under inflating the tyres. What was much worse was that while I'd managed to bring the right sized spare tube for the new bike, I'd neglected to bring one with the right valve type to fit through the wheel. Trying to use a 20 year old puncture repair kit didn't work too well either.
So Liz cycled on home and came back to rescue me from the canal car park by the Swans Nest for the second time in about 4 months.
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| Bike ride to work | 2014-03-14 | Needed to go into work and wife needed the car for the mile trip into her work so hubby had a 20 mile round trip to work by bike. OK - so she did have to come home at lunchtime for Scooby hound but...
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| Work cycle ride | 2017-06-27 | Into Exeter and back. A bit of a head wind on the way back.
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| Exeter and back | 2017-03-04 | A gentle wide into Exeter and back with Liz.
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-05-11 | Into Exeter with Liz. Stopped at Lutzys and SYC on the way back.
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| Windy cycle ride | 2019-12-15 | Into Exeter with Liz. Windy. River flooded.
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| Work cycle ride | 2017-08-01 | Into Exeter and back
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-12-07 | Into Exeter with Liz
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| Exminster and Exeter | 2021-04-21 | Into Exminster to meet up with Liz after work and then onto the opticians in Exeter to get some glasses mended. First visit to the big city since the plague struck!
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| Exeter and back | 2014-07-07 | Wild swans and some of the best cheesy chips ever!
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| Work cycle ride | 2017-07-18 | Into work and back - managed to avoid the rain. Felt faster than 14.5 mph average!
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| Exeter and back | 2018-02-16 | Into Exeter and back with Liz. Straight into a headwind on the way home.
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| Liz post work cycle ride | 2020-03-11 | Into work and then on to Exeter for Liz.
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| Another twenty miler | 2016-11-20 | Well almost a twenty miler. The 2 inch rain fall in Exeter meant that the last part of the cycle path ride was under water.
Hard work cycling in to the head wind that was the remnants of Storm Angus. Disappointing that the winds dropped away for the homeward leg - as shown by the drifting boats when stopping briefly at SYC.
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| Another twenty miles | 2016-10-19 | Another ride into Exeter and back.
Hard work!
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| Exeter bike ride | 2022-08-15 | Shopping trip.
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| First bike ride of 2015 | 2015-01-04 | Liz ride into Exeter and back
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| Exeter and back | 2017-10-07 | Too windy for us to want to go sailing (F4 gusting F6) so Liz and I cycled into Exeter and back.
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| Exeter and back | 2018-01-20 | Into Exeter and back with Liz. Picked up some free tide timetables from the very nice people at Bridger Marine on the Quay.
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| Exeter and back | 2017-02-27 | A gentle ride into Exeter and back. A mixture of sunshine and showers but at least the wind was from the side.
Most impressively, Liz managed to come off her bike but still remain standing at the end of the manoeuvre!
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| Exeter for coffee | 2018-12-23 | Into Exeter with Liz for a coffee. As Mrs Lutzy's is now closed for a month, it was to Bar Venezia and the most ridicously chocolatty chocolate fudge cacke slice.
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| Back from the bike shop | 2019-02-03 | A ride back from the Bike Shed after getting the an extension fitted to raise the handlebars on the Marin hybrid.
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| Into Exeter | 2018-07-01 | Into Exeter with Liz to buy some excellent value £19.99 binoculars from Lidls
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-09-01 | Into Exeter with Liz. Strong headwind on the way in and Liz short on breakfast and energy. Coffee and a tart at Mrs Lutyzs helped.
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| Work cycle ride | 2017-06-23 | In to Exeter and back. Stopped at SYC on the way back.
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2019-06-08 | Into Exeter with Liz. A bit windy so a bit slow.
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| Exeter and back | 2018-02-12 | A gentle cycle ride into Exeter with Liz.
First time on the bike in nearly two weeks due to a winter lurgie that refused to go. Still not 100% right yet!
Lutzys was still closed.
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| Exeter and back | 2016-11-19 | Another 20 mile ride into Exeter and back.
First ever average of 13 mph on a twenty mile ride.
Storm Angus had left the flood prevention overflows in full spate in Exeter.
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| New push bike | 2019-02-02 | Bought a Triban RC520 road bike and this was the first time out on it.
Went with Liz to Dawlish Warren and then into a strong head wind into Exeter for coffee and a custard tart at Mrs Lutzys
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| Exeter and back | 2018-06-10 | Into Exeter and back with Liz with a stop at Lutzys for coffee.
Liz's first time out on her bike for several weeks.
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| Work cycle ride | 2017-09-06 | Work cycle ride
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| Exeter and back | 2017-06-12 | Quite hard work as I hadn't been on the bike for the last three weeks and there was a bit of a head wind on the way out.
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| Exeter cycle ride | 2020-09-06 | To buy stuff that wasn't there
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| Exeter and back | 2019-07-27 | Into Exeter and back with Liz
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| Exeter and back | 2018-05-12 | Into Exeter and back with Liz.
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| Into Exeter | 2019-01-26 | Into Exeter and back with Liz. Coffee and a custard tart at Lutzy's (after her Xmas / New Year break).
Started to get windy on the way back.
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| Into Exeter and back | 2019-01-28 | Into Exeter with Liz. Wind assisted on the way back so a few short "sprints".
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| Exeter | 2018-05-18 | Into Exeter and back with Liz.
Coffee at Lutzys and then a fairly strong breeze to contend with on the way back.
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| Exeter and back | 2017-08-26 | Into Exeter and back. On the posh bike but far too many blind and deaf walkers, kids and doggies on the paths to be able to go too fast.
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| Exeter and back | 2018-01-29 | Into Exeter and back with Liz to do a bit of shopping.
Bit windy and had to walk past the people putting up a new fence along the railway along the estuary.
There was a new cruise boat - The Spirit Of Loch Ness - in the Turf Lock. Not seen her before.
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| Exeter and back | 2017-02-06 | Super fast on the way out. A bit slower on the way back. The last five miles were into a fairly strong headwind right on the nose. That and pouring rain and the cold put a slight damper on the last quarter!
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| Exeter and back | 2016-12-17 | First ride in a fortnight - work and the weather put paid to the previous weekend.
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| Meet up at the Imperial | 2019-07-06 | Into Exeter with Liz to meet up with Rose and Midge at the Imperial.
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