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Well the lesson from my last ride was quickly forgotten, went for a ride out in the New Forest this morning and left my sun glasses behind again. Started from Lyndhurst and went on an 18.2 mile loop out as far as Beaulieu Heath (I could see Fawley oil refinery a couple of miles away) and then headed back to Lyndhurst. Started in drizzly rain which then turned to muggy grey overcast skies with occasional sunshine and boy was it hot and muggy when the sun came out. I was actually glad when it clouded back over. Having left my sun glasses behind I was fortunate not to need them to keep the insect population out of my eyes as I rode round.

While most of the ride was flat I was concerned that I really struggled on the little upward slopes, the only thing I can think of is that I never locked out the rear shock and that was because I never viewed any of the slopes as a hill or would cause me a problem.

I rode on my own this morning as the wife is sidelined on doctors orders. Having spent many weeks perfecting the art of falling of her bike and landing on her knee, it seem as thought the knee has now called time on this. She has to go for an X-ray and maybe an MRI Scan and wait for an appointment from Orthopaedic department to see what is wrong with the knee. My suggestion of fitting a couple of grease nipple either side of the knee did not go down to well…………

I had the Whyte into CycleFix, nothing was wrong with the bike apart from an annoying squeak, but I wanted a qualified once overs as the limited warranty I had on the bike runs out next week. Thankfully they found nothing wrong and sorted the annoying squeak as well.

Decided that I am going to change the way this blog looks, also going to add a new section, you will have to pop back and see what the section will be about as I am not saying. I don’t have any particular theme in mind for the site yet, I will spend some time looking for a new theme I like and testing it to see what it looks like so you may find the site is changing on a regular basis over the next few weeks.

I want to congratulate Clive at Massive MTBer on hitting the 5 stone weight loss marker, well done mate your an inspiration to all us large cyclist.

As for the title of this blog, I could not come up with a title, simple

My head is slowly coming to terms we our situation, it does not make it easier, I’m just a little less wound up over it. While I would love to just pull the duvet up over my head and disappear from sight I know the world will continues without me and the problem will not disappear. We just have to knuckle down and pull our socks up and start again.

My thanks for the words of support, it is strange how a few words can make things look a little less dark. It reminds me of my nan who used to say that sending somebody a letter was the best way to cheer them up, I never really understood that when I was young now I am (a lot) older I do and I guess e-mails are the 21st century equivalent.

Moving on I have gained a new pain in my right knee, now my knees are always painful but this pain\injury is different. It is on the top of my knee (rather than in the joint) if anything just above the knee. I was at work on Monday sat at a desk and I went to stand up and it felt like somebody grabbed my muscles and twisted them, I fell back into my chair. Now it is not painful but every now and again it gives me a little twinge just to let me know it is there. I can bend my knee without any pain but but I can feel a dull ache just above the knee. I am hoping it is not going to stop me from riding as my riding is the only thing keeping me going at the moment. I have a new saddle for my bike so I might put that on tonight and then just take a little ride around the block to gauge how my knee feels.