A Spot of EASY Cycling

Did a 12 mile 'EASY' Ride with Women on Wheels on Sunday morning with a friend from 'Couch to 50K'.  It was very leisurely and ended with cake and coffee at this lovely tea shop.  Yummy Lemon Drizzle cake warm from the oven. Sam was the Ride Leader. Nikki did an excellent job of leading the group on her first outing in this role. Well done everyone!!  Unfortunately the sun failed to appear so it was a rather autumnal grey morning with damp roads. Managed to stay upright on my bike which is more can be said for me on Friday evening.

Another Tweet

Making slow progress at Solo Printing.  Today's effort was a drypoint print of a long tailed tit.  Experiencing lots of problems with some ink and have had to resort to Prussian Blue again until I sort out the problem.  The strange background was caused by my using some plastic(?) based material that I think is meant for drypoint.

Jolly Weekend

Had a jolly weekend for a change.  I cycled 12 miles from Malvern to Worcester on Sunday morning on quiet roads and then, finally, alongside the River Severn. Then DH picked me up, but I had thought about carrying on as far as Croome Park.

In the afternoon I visited the Ledbury Quilters exhibition at Tarrington and was treated to some lovely work.  There was a special display of work by the late Marie Roper who had been an important member of the group over the 25 years they have been in existence.

More Reptilian than Bee

Decided the gold outer casing of The Hive looks more like snakeskin than a honeycomb when I was there today.

Coracle Shed

Like lots of people I love sheds - the colour, texture, smell, the stories they could tell.  I found this one at Ironbridge and it had been used to make coracles.

It must be Autumn

Fantastic weather on Tuesday here so took myself off on my new bike to Croome for a 12 mile ride.  Whilst consulting the map at a road junction came across these amazing fungus.  They were quite large, which is probably how I managed to spot them.

I seem to spend a lot of my time when out cycling by myself trying to remember where I ought to be going.  Think I need SatNav for bikes!!  I am sure even that would take me the wrong route.

A Little Green Fella

Look what I found yesterday enjoying the sunshine on one of the hosta leaves.  He had huge antenna.