Cycle Training 2020 #24
Week beginning June 7th, 2020
Cycle Training 2020 #23
Week beginning May 31st, 2020
Saturday Morning FM-1781 Loop
90F Sunny Day Cycle Circle
Short video of my day around Copano bay
Cycling blast from the past #03
August 2005 and the children find cycling fun.
When Andrew was born we moved out of Loaningdale and occupied our own little bungalow in the town of Biggar. Emily and I would quite often cycle up the hill on a Saturday morning to have a cup of hot chocolate with the kitchen staff at Loaningdale. Patty must have driven up with Andrew to join us on this fine sunny day.
Tiger Talks Tuesday Trails
Another fine day in paradise with temperatures in the high 70‘s to low 80‘s F and an Easterly wind around 10 mph encouraging me to get back on my bike again and clock some more training miles. Hurricane season is here and already we have a third named tropical storm forming in the gulf. It doesn’t look like it will be a problem for us but you just never know until it happens. We are used to being prepared here in the Coastal Bend and, COVID-19 complications apart, we will be ready to deal with whatever the weather throws at us.
In the meantime Mr Tiger Kitten Cat has decided to assist me in writing my blog entries
Fulton 
Fulton Harbor 
Fulton Harbor 
Fulton Harbor 
Sunset 
Storm Drain Sunset 
Weathering the storm.
After a very stormy morning the last thing I thought I’d be doing this evening would be adding mileage to my weekly cycling goal. This morning we had a close brush with a tornado which passed 12 miles North East of Rockport. Luckily it formed over water and stayed over water. However the thunderstorms brought flash flooding to the area and my usual waterside cycling roads are covered in water. Nevertheless in the evening the sun came out and I decided to risk a short ride which turned into 15 miles on a beautiful evening.
Six inches of water 
Reflections 
Rockport Harbor 
Bike on bay 
Rockport Harbor 
Water Street living up to its’ name
South Texas – blink and the weather changes.
The weather radar showed a break in the front producing a dry, sunny weather window during which time I managed to clock up nearly 13 and a half miles on a day I thought would be a washout (pun intended)
However I didn’t quite make it home dry. I cycled through the Walgreens pharmacy drive-thru lane (yes you can do that on a bicycle although they possibly think you are a bit strange) and that slight diversion meant it rained on me for the final mile of my journey. Of course, this being Texas and not Scotland, rain, when the temperature is in the 80F range, is not an unpleasant experience.
The glory that was yesterday
Sunday is stormy but Saturday was overcast / sunny
I have gathered together a few photographs and a short video of my Saturday cycle ride to Goose Island State Park in Lamar, TX. I did not actually enter the park proper but visited the Big Tree and then headed home via the causeway and Fulton Beach Road.
Rockport 
Fulton 
Fulton Cemetary 
Myrtle St. Fulton, TX 
Aransas Bay 
Aransas Bay 
Town of Fulton, TX 
Lamar Causeway 
Town of Lamar 
Goose Island 
Saint Charles Bay 
The Big Tree
24 Miles to Lamar and Back
Bad start to my cycling week
May 31st, the day before the official start of hurricane season. Yes – let’s not forget that we are entering the six month period of the year when we all keep an extra special eye on the weather forecast, keep our gas tanks full, and have our evacuation plan reviewed and ready to go.
COVID-19 is not the only concern in this neck of the woods. It’s more an unwelcome complication added to our annual tribulations.
May 31st AM 
No activity in the Atlantic
So – no cycling today then! But at least hurricane season can wait until tomorrow.
Cycling blast from the past #02
Biggar, U.K. July 2004
I don’t actually remember what the occasion was other than it was an organized public cycle ride. Karen Lamb, on the left, no doubt was instrumental in encouraging Emily and I to participate. I do recall being horrified that I had to jump off the bike and push us up one particularly steep hill. We were using Patty’s Edinburgh Bicycle bike and boy did it have a heavy frame.