Almost perfect weather for cycling got me out into the English countryside of East Anglia where Classic Cars were on show
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An English Summer Weekend
Tag: East Anglia
Bikes & Birds
A great idea in London is what’s called ‘Boris’s Bikes’, the bikes can be hired by the hour from numerous locations and left at any other. So it was a nice reminder to see how many Cambridge has always had, here parked outside one of the colleges.
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East Anglian Summer Solstice
Cycling though the East Anglian countryside.
Though the Summer Solstice in East Anglia wasn’t a bright sunny day there was no rain; so we enjoyed cycling around the back lanes on the Essex Suffolk borders.
Having had snow recently and a fair amount of rain, the fields are perhaps a bit behind the normal growing season. Poppies seem to be making a comeback – here mixed in a field of Rape .
There is of course a downside to lush vegetation – Aphids by the million drifting across lanes and onto clothes and body.
There are so many nice sights on the route we took; one of my favourites is this picture perfect thatched cottage – complete with dove cots
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