Summer 2020 Maybe I am not alone, certainly not with mental issues but also I wonder how many more members feel as I do?
singing the praises of a local pub who have introduced coffee mornings to help combat loneliness. This is all super stuff but seems at odds with what I have experienced.
But I have to say I recently received an email from West Lothian Cycle circuit asking for donations towards the building of a cycle circuit for people of all ages and abilities to improve their physical and MENTAL wellbeing, the section of the clarion I belong too made a fantastic donation to them. And on the club facebook they have been
Of course since I composed this something has happened to our world which trivializes everything, hopefully we will all be out soon but I ask all Clarion members to look within. Anon
THE TOURING PAGES
Melting roads and warm water bottles - how hot is too hot?
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t’s always a weather risk, booking a cycling holiday in the UK. You keep a wary eye on the forecast in the run up. It was starting to look promising for our 6 day jaunt around Norfolk last July – then a bit too good. At what point does a heatwave become dangerous and how to handle this with two boys aged 13 and 11?
Day 1 – Stamford to Hunstanton – 78 miles We set off from Chris’ parent’s house in Stamford early on Sunday morning. It was 9 ish and the church bells were ringing as we spun through its deserted, Georgian streets. It was cool so we had our windproof jackets on for the first hour or so. We never put them back on
again. Our destination was Hunstanton on the North Norfolk coast. En-route we saw some fellow Clarion riders from Fenland, and shouted a cheery ‘boots’ to them, before peeling off onto the Peterborough Greenway. By mid-morning we were pushing our bikes across dried mud dykes and walking round the cows that had taken up residence. It was a relief when we got back onto tarmac. We were deep in Fenland where the roads were flat, straight and went on forever. We picnicked in Parson Drove just short of Wisbech.. By mid-afternoon we reached Kings Lynn .It was bright and sunny by this point, which kept us going into the hillier areas round Sandringham. This was tough, weighed down by panniers. We peeled off route 1 and turned towards the sea, hugging the coast until we rocked along a dirt road into south beach, Hunstanton. It was 6pm and we had ridden almost 80 miles.
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