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Sunday, July 27, 2008

Change of challenge

Jul distance: 233 km

Admiralty Road West, 58 km. Some things haven't changed. Attap Valley Road still stinks of garbage. But I see a trail and what a thrilling vista it is. My knobbies scramble on the gravel as the trail twists and turns. Monkeys gape and a squirrel gambols up a tree. I find myself going in the other direction to increase the thrill of going up a steeper slope (instead of coasting down it) and round tighter corners. I realise that a hard ride is fun while a plain vanilla one is boring. Which means hard work can be fun compared to plain sailing ...

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