My Sunday ride

I have had such a brilliant morning, riding in the sun, and wind around small villages and country roads I didn't even know existed.  Cycling is a great way to get to know your surrounding country side.  Other cyclists past me en-route and I notice the nods and the "mornings" similar to the camaraderie found amongst motorcyclists!

My route took me 17.23 miles across Leicestershire country side.  The first village I hit was Great Glen tackling the round a bout on the A6 and heading the "other side" towards Wistow.  A beautiful winding road surrounding by fields and sheep and dotted with little bridges.  I turned towards Kibworth and stopped on the bridge to take a picture of the locks.

Through Kibworth Harcourt I took the turning by "Jack's house?" to Carlton Curlieu - a village I don't think I have ever been through despite living in the surrounding area practically all of my life.  As I cycled into the village, coveting the houses and the picturesque views, I was greeted by a very large house with the most perfect hedges...I thought about my slightly scruffy cottage garden at home, and thought they surely have a gardener!  The picture doesn't do the perfect hedges justice!

I carried on my journey towards Burton Ovary but turning off before I reached there to head towards Kings Norton.  Now I don't know much about Kings Norton but its a very small village but as you reach the brow of the hill in the distance you can see this over sized church, almost Cathedral like, poking out from the houses.  I don't know who built it - but will find a little more out about it...

From Kings Norton I took the turning to Gaulby and then home.  Still not long enough at all for my Sunday ride so need to return to the maps and plot next Sunday's route.

Todays route took me 1 hour 18 minutes with a maximum speed of 28.59 mph, and an average speed of a measly 13.2 mph...don't laugh....it was windy honest!