Thursday November 6 2014
Bathtime for Bonnie 2 - 3:30 9C/6C Took the Bonnie down to Ayers Cliff for a good cleaning at Crooks' carwash. Hadn't cleaned her since end of August so the layers of oil and grease and mud from fall riding were getting pretty thick. After drying off the Bonnie with a dish towel I decided she could use a little blow dry. Turned into an hour-and-a-half blow job: forty-five miles from Ayer's Cliff to Burrough's Falls, Ways Mills, Stanstead (almost), back to Ways Mills, Kingscroft, Hatley, Massawippi, and finally back to Ayer's Cliff and home. Hadn't bothered to put on my longjohns just to go down to Ayer's Cliff so I was pretty chilled by the time I got back. I hadn't lit a fire all day at home, but the house felt really warm when I came through the front door. This entire ride is a riot of turns, curves, hills, corners, dips and rises, and scenic views in all directions. The views south and west from Langlois are especially wonderful. Like some of the views from chemin Province that I was on yesterday down around Mansonville, these are "conveyor belt views", i.e. when the foreground scenery is sliding by the distant views.
Ankle's still bothering me. Hurts to shift so whenever I could I bent down and shifted with my hand. |