Peter & the Giant...

Last week as some of you will know I bought a new bike (see "Being Released" for details) in celebration of hitting a weight loss target. Due to the snow and ice I haven’t been able to get out on it so today I took her for her maiden voyage and what a time we had. I went to Castlewellan forest as I didn’t want to do anything to challenging before the bike and I had a chance to get to know each other.

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(Check out the condensation on the hat...)

When we arrived the sun was out and the sky was clear however there was snow on the ground, the temperature was -2, and there was ice in abundance. We had some memorable experiences and I loved every minute of the 90 I was out for. I burnt 1250 calories; my heart averaged 145bpm and maxed out at 170. I will particularly remember the moment I was flying down hill and realised that I was on sheet ice. Not bad enough I then realised that it continued to the bottom of the hill, I near wet myself.

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I’d recommend cycling to anyone its great craic and you’re never too old to start – anyone fancy a burn with me sometime?