Just to make everyone really jealous

buggerlugs said:

Take a look at the attached image from Google earth. This is my route to work which I did for the first time today on the bike. Aldermaston to near Winchester. The purple line is the route Google advises but I took the route marked in white. 32 miles and 45 minutes of glorious b roads. Up - down, turn, 2 mile straights with junctions or hedges. I go over Watership Down which is glorious:Flash: and the hogs back which is 5 miles of straight, fast A road :rockon:that has about 10 BIG crests and dips. Brilliant! :Sport:

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buggerlugs said:

Job looks pretty interesting once I get laptop/phone etc. Until then it's a bit boring doing not much. Lovely location (cue another google earth pic)

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Nooj said:

Rabbits don't seem to be a problem on my commute, it's badgers and deer I have to look out for. So far I've only hit a deer in the car, it was already dead and lying in a dip after a hump in the road, if it was alive and standing up I'd have seen it.

I get to do the A343 from Newbury to Andover, only twenty minutes, but it's a good bit of road. I usually do it in the car as dealing with bike kit at each end of the journey doubles the length of the commute, but the bike gets a run every now and again when I'm on lates and the weather's not too crap. I work shifts and don't trust myself at 05:30 on the bike in the middle of winter, I've had to do it twice due to the deer incident above breaking the car, both days it was -5, thick fog and pitch black with forzen mud, road kill and leaf mould all over the road. Didn't enjoy it. It'll be better once it warms up a bit and I only need half the amount of gear to keep warm.

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