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It’s been a long time of procrastinating, but after watching the film ‘One Week’, I was inspired to hit the road with the bicycle. What a trip it was!
First time biking to work from Orleans. All in all, I am impressed with the trek and it can only get better after I iron out details like “Hey, where does this path go?” and “Wow, I need a lot more energy around the 10km mark!”
So in the end, starting from the Mall parking lot and with a few wrong turns, it was a trip of 21.75kms and it look me 70 minutes. I am pretty sure I can shave an easy 10 minutes off the time due to wrong turns.
For example, as soon as I left the parking lot, I appeared on a street I didn’t know. I then saw a high school with some bike paths so I decided that one of them must take me somewhere…and it took me to the back of the schoolyard and ended there! Woops!
At the Rockliff Sailing Club there is supposedly an area where I can cut across Rockliff and go through some suburbs instead of staying en route. But it’s quite hard to cross the traffic to get to it so I’m not sure if I will take the time to do so, or just suck it up each day and drive on a James Bond like road up in the mountains with traffic.
Mental Notes:
– Do NOT take the Alexandria Bridge! Those wooden slats are ridiculous! Try that bridge over near Sussex.
– Remember to bring some small travel sized shampoos for the shower next time.
– Remember that the combination for the shower is on the door, not the keypad next to the door.
– There seems to be a path on the left hand side of the road around Rockliff. Investigate this further on your way home.
– Remember to eat something before leaving work! Get some energy! At the 10km mark (around the Aviation Museum) I definitely lost my steam and it was hard going for the rest of the trek. Uncle Gerry, if you’re reading this, let me know if there is something I can do to give myself more sustained energy…bigger meal in the morning? I had a bowl of oatmeal. More water? I didn’t drink all that much along the way.