It's been some time (September 2017!) since I had the chance to take my Bianchi for a ride. I live in the very north of England - just about 8 miles from the border with Scotland - and the weather has been very poor for months. This week the sun has been shining and I have been able to make the most of it with several rides - the longest being 44.4 miles.

I'm fortunate to live in a very beautiful part of the UK - if only the weather was better!

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Pausing beside the Solway Firth estuary on Cumbria's coast in NW England. The land across the water is Scotland.
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This water fall is man made weir that used to power a textile factory in Carlisle, which is now apartments (the building on the right).
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Time to cool off!
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Taking a short break after climbing some short, sharp hills

If you want to feel small, hike up the rivers that source at the base of one of Mt. Rainier's many glaciers. Carbon, Emmons, Nisqually, etc... This one happens to be the drainage for the Cowlitz glacier - ie the Cowlitz River. Perspective is hard without a good reference, but that's a fair sized river, not a creek. The glaciers have receded leaving these huge, rocky, scars, now downhill from the diminished glacier's lower tips that now drain melt & rain that summer brings.

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When you ride to work then get a ride home from an offsite party then ride to work again you need a way to get both bikes home. Travoy trailer to the rescue.

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Tried to take a picture of the space station last night. Clearly 60 seconds was too long an exposure to keep it in the frame...

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Flared bars are best for carrying pizza.

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Lovely ride last night with my two friends....might be able to spot them in the distance!

now I'm hungry

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Fly fishing. Do they have a 'season'? Yesterday the river was unpopulated, today there are several male humans at every bend.

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#BikeTravelWeekend at Interstate Park, WI over looking the St Croix River.

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I said a Georgia, Georgia
A song of you
Comes as sweet and clear
As moonlight through the pines

Other arms reach out to me
Other eyes smile tenderly
Still in the peaceful dreams I see
The road leads back to you

- Ray Charles

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-Tim-

love fenced pasture photos. finding them with horses is a bonus! :thumb:

Thanks for the pics. :thumb: My wife (born in Georgia and lived there till 2012) has that song as a ringtone on her phone.

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On tour last week in Salt Point, NY.

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Crab Meadow beach, Northport, Long Island, NY.

Belle Isle, Detroit
 

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Photo op with this guy, the keeper of the fountain (Forgot his name) :)

James Scott, quite the character by the way, sort of Trump-like based on bio info.

Saw something new on the trail today. I always see all kinds of wildlife but have never seen one of these just a few feet off the trail. :)

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That's it! Thank You!