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Yesterday the training course I was attending finished early, I rang my mate Mike in Swindon and he had finished his work for the weekend so we arranged to go for a ride. As I was in Reading at the time I decided to scoot down the A4 to Hungerford and then follow the B4192 from Hungerford to Swindon (it beats motorway riding). Anyway I had a really nice ride, the weather was really sunny, which is pretty unbelievable for the UK.
Unfortunately I had to traverse the magic roundabout again only this time it was pretty busy, but luckily I could scoot around the outside.
Anyway after a coffee and a chat we set off for a short ride, I didn't have too much time (allowing for possible congestion back to the port) but we went from Swindon down to Avebury where we stopped for a drink (coke) at the Red Lion pub. It is a really weird place where a crossroads intersects an ancient stone circle
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Anyway I remember now how much I missed the English countryside for riding in, and the weather couldn't have been better :rockon:.
After this we rode past Silbury hill and back up to Marlborough, here I said goodbye to Mike and followed the A4 to just outside of Reading where I jumped on the M4 to head back to the Port of Harwich. I had to do a bit of splitting on the M4 and M25, but the British drivers were very considerate and left plenty of room between the 2 outside lanes :thumbup:.
Unfortunately I had to traverse the magic roundabout again only this time it was pretty busy, but luckily I could scoot around the outside.
Anyway after a coffee and a chat we set off for a short ride, I didn't have too much time (allowing for possible congestion back to the port) but we went from Swindon down to Avebury where we stopped for a drink (coke) at the Red Lion pub. It is a really weird place where a crossroads intersects an ancient stone circle
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Anyway I remember now how much I missed the English countryside for riding in, and the weather couldn't have been better :rockon:.
After this we rode past Silbury hill and back up to Marlborough, here I said goodbye to Mike and followed the A4 to just outside of Reading where I jumped on the M4 to head back to the Port of Harwich. I had to do a bit of splitting on the M4 and M25, but the British drivers were very considerate and left plenty of room between the 2 outside lanes :thumbup:.
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