Back on the bike

Yes I'm back, despite a broken right arm.

 First day back on the bike with the Captain since the 18th June - wow I did not realise it had been so long. It was good and like meeting up with old friends, the Captain and rear admiral slipped right back into the groove despite my one handed dilemma. We manage to do a round trip to Henley on Thames - stopping at the Gold postbox on the way.

That's not to say I have not been cycling since June - I have but on my own which is probably why i'm in the predicament I'm in..... so here's what's happened in between today and June......

First of all I got Shingles.... and a week off work.. A week after going back I set off with a group of 16 students and an Expedition leader to Cambodia or 18 days. Whilst there we did some cycling in Kampot and then again in the Mekong Delta. Riding mountain bikes and very old sit up and beg bikes. Fun but very hot. The roads were very potholed and usually full of puddles - adding to the fun... some students came croppers in the puddles.

refreshment time

  

on the road

Home for the night

 We stayed in local houses and had to transport the bikes across the Mekong by boat - all good fun

We even had time to visit Angkor Wat. It was a real privelge being on this trip with the students and watching them rise to lots of challenges. Coming home was good but I did miss the team for a bit.

The Captain has been very busy at work due to the Olympics, so I went out on my own bike a couple of times to keep myself busy.....thats when I broke my arm.... not having the Captain in charge, I took a corner too quickly and went a bit wide and ....CRASH off I came. Broken radius which needed pinning - wouldn't be so bad but its a bit of road I know well!!!! very very cross with myself as I did it 4 days before my sons wedding!

But as today showed I don't need two hands for the tandem and I still managed to stand up goingg uphill....yay back on it.....