{"id":3102,"date":"2021-08-29T23:26:28","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T22:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/?p=3102"},"modified":"2025-12-31T15:33:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T15:33:56","slug":"riding-around-derbyshire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/obliquepanic.com\/blog\/uncategorized\/riding-around-derbyshire\/","title":{"rendered":"Riding around Derbyshire"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Friday 20th August day 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I slept as I usually do when camping. Asleep by 9 when it is just getting dark and awake for some hours in the night. The combo of my new inflatable pillow made by Trekology<\/a>, my folded sheepskin and my Thermarest<\/a> sleeping pad blown up properly was probably the most comfortable I\u2019ve been. To avoid the many DoE participants I was dressed and showered by 7.30 and enjoyed coffee made with my GSI drip using a filter paper to avoid a tricky washing up challenge. It was a little weak but good.\u00a0I need to work on getting it better. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I obviously had not built up trust in the bike as when it refused to start this morning i.e. nothing at all happened when I pressed the starter – I imagined, in panic, myself calling for a breakdown service wondering if they would find the way here.\u00a0 But I had just left it in gear and it spluttered into life though after three goes. It\u2019s clearly not a start on the button machine – even when not in gear. I got a couple of recommendations from men here who ride bikes but I started off without a ride plan and enjoyed the mostly lovely lanes. Even the bigger roads were more enjoyable than what I\u2019m used to. Searching for Snake Pass (one of the recommendations) was a little futile as it was packed with heavy vehicles with great jams. So I turned off. I had lunch of tea and a sausage sandwich in a lay-by watched by a field of cows. I would never do that but I was hungry and life on the bike seems to lead me into down market culinary choices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The bike is easier to manoeuvre on the stoney ground here at the campsite but not effortless – but then what is? It is good to ride, responsive, but dives on braking to a quick stop. The usual thoughts today: am I enjoying this? It\u2019s a different headspace to the rest of the year so yes. I had another shower and a shave. Feeling slightly less grubby feels good. I fell asleep when I got back from this ride.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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My weather app shows rain tomorrow and all night and most of Sunday so it will be the toughest part of the trip morale wise. I shouldn\u2019t bottle out for a motel\u2026 unless something really good appears out of the mist.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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