This afternoon I went for a short ride. It is just an 18 km loop east of Stevenage.
I am really not in the mood for cycling locally. I want to go to more interesting places. However, I have the lurgy, I'm sick of riding in the rain and I only had a couple of hours; so Aston it had to be!
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If it has worked, then the map above will give an indication of where I went.
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| River Beane at White Hall. It is from boreholes near here that water for Stevenage is drawn. |
Ford at White Hall, with Ellen.
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| The mysterious Frogmore Hall seen from across the Beane. |
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| Three views of what remains of Aston House. During WWII it was Station XII, where unusual weapons were invented and developed. Now the grounds are a small exclusive housing development and a golf course. The only remaining building being the stables. |
Mosses and lichens on a gravestone in St Marys churchyard.
Ellen replaced Hardy on 8th December. I had been riding Hardy since about February. I found the dumped frame on my way to work day, took it home and built a tough expedition bike.
Recently the bottom bracket kept coming loose, and I kept tightening it. Eventually it failed; the fixed cup breaking off completely.
I had been tightening the adjustable one while the fixed one had been fracturing!
So I rebuilt Ellen (The Elswick Hopper) who had lain dormant in the loft. She is light and fast, but much less rugged than Hardy. I shall replace her soon with something similar, but ten years younger.
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