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Another lunch date with Lisa in Heptonstall…

I decided to walk up the Buttress for a change, and then up the road rather than through the woods. I wasn’t going to walk quite as quickly as I normally do, but I spotted a man pushing a bike up the hill and decided that I’d see if I could overtake him before the cobbles into the village. I just made it and arrived rather breathless at the meeting place.

Lisa arrived and we had our lunch, then walked back via the quarry.

These power-walks have been helping my fitness more than I’d imagined. My legs are feeling stronger on bike rides, even though I haven’t been doing as much cycling as usual this summer.

Bill had called round for a mug of tea but the sun was shining and we decided it would be better to get out on the bikes for a while, rather than just lazing about chatting so he went off to get his bike and I got mine ready for the ride.

I was concerned about the poor braking on my previous ride a couple of days ago so I took a rag to the rims of my new wheels, and wiped off a lot of the oily muck which now covered them.
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Bill came round yesterday, keen to get a little ride in. We had wind and sunny spells, but rain was forecast for about 4:00 pm. He decided to take a chance but I stayed at home. I saw him later and he told me that he’d been caught in heavy rain at Blackstone Edge and had turned round at the top of the climb and gone home to dry out.

Today, we once again had wind and sunny spells, with rain forecast for about 4:00 pm! This time, Bill thought better of it but I needed to get out and stretch my legs. The forecast must be wrong, it was a lovely sunny afternoon…
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I… wait for rain to stop, charge up the hill, arrive at cafe just in time, observe that rain is falling again, drink coffee, see rain stop and sun start shining, walk back down hill via quarry, visit shops, get home just as rain starts again – excellent timing!

Short but sweet – (the walk and this report!) – charged up the hill to meet Lisa, lunch in the cafe, back down the road, then down The Buttress into town to do my food shopping for the week.

My Basso has been out of action with worn wheel bearings and the nuts that I needed to undo to service the hub were rusted up. I couldn’t get them undone with my cheap flexy cone spanners so it looked as though I’d have to take the wheels to my local bike shop to get them serviced. I’m pretty sure that cups and cones would be damaged too, and the wheels could do with retruing so it looked like it could be quite expensive. Then buddy Bill made me an offer that I couldn’t refuse…
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I was supposed to go for a walk with Lisa this afternoon but we seem to have got our wires crossed somehow! I went round to her house and knocked on her door, but there was no reply. I wasn’t late and she hadn’t phoned to cancel the walk so I don’t know what the problem was. She has mislaid her mobile phone so I couldn’t get hold of her to find out where she’d gone. (I tried phoning it for her to help her find it but she had switched it off before mislaying it!)
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I set off late to walk up to Heptonstall for today’s lunch date with Lisa so after a brief warm-up stroll up the steep slopes of Moss Lane (close to 20% gradient!), I charged up the footpath through the woods to Heptonstall Road.
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