Need for balance

Wry smile on my face when my nephew expressed his anxiety over the bike ride this morning - as I was feeling anxious as well!

Whilst nephew had remembered how tired he was after the last time we had been out with Si I was recalling my embarrassment over the number of times I had to get off and walk.

Anyway, nephew felt so fresh after today's ride that he said he wanted to go round again - not sure how much this buzz was from 'chocoholic milkshake' he had at our coffee stop... Nephew was able to follow Si down and around all the paths and even took the lead through part of our water ride - the Gannel was at a reasonably full tide and at one point we had no choice but to go through the water.

Si set me a challenge at the conclusion of the ride 'more cycling, less walking' next time - a challenge I must rise to as I appreciate that more confidence/ balance on the bike would be a great assist in improving my downhill cycling.

(Used the excuse in my mind today that I had to go into work today or was it that I had a 100 mile cycle to do the following weekend... If only there were prizes for self delusion...)