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| Poor Old Horse. |
It is raining again today, so I will not be going anywhere.
Yesterday was a nice sunny, but cold day. I decided to go out for a bike ride. Little
did I realise what lay in store. It all went well at first. I headed along the
road towards Trowbridge and turned right up Capps Lane. I was out in the
countryside. I saw a pheasant in a field and stopped to take a photo. Finally,
I reached the village of Bratton and had a look around. There are some nice Tudor
houses and thatched cottages. At the Duke pub which is sadly closed due to the
pandemic I stopped to take a photo of two large whale bones which stand at the
entrance to the garden. They have been there about a hundred years.
Broken chain.
It was when I headed down the Lower Westbury Road that
disaster struck. Suddenly the pedals would not go round. I thought I might be
stuck between gears and pressed really hard. I heard a clunk, looked down and
found that the chain had broken. There was nothing for it but to push my bike
back to Westbury. Luckily, I was only two miles from home when it happened. I
quite enjoyed the walk back. There were lots of hang gliders to observe above
the White Horse. I took a photo of the sun which was really dazzling in the November sky. I noticed that the White Horse is looking a bit shabby. It
could do with a good clean in the Springtime. Finally,I reached Westbury and
was able to freewheel down Alfred Street to reach home. To encourage people to cycle more and help save the
environment there is a government scheme where you can apply for a £50 voucher
to have old bicycles repaired. When I looked on the website, all the vouchers
had been allocated for the time being. I will have to find somewhere that does
bike repairs. I do not think there is a bike repair shop in Westbury. I will have to think of something. In the meantime, it will be Shanks pony for me (walking). Could this be the end of the bicycle diaries?. We shall see.
November sun.
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