{"id":622,"date":"2010-07-28T12:15:23","date_gmt":"2010-07-28T12:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/?p=622"},"modified":"2017-01-12T04:25:52","modified_gmt":"2017-01-12T04:25:52","slug":"thats-another-lovely-evening-july150-completed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/thats-another-lovely-evening-july150-completed\/","title":{"rendered":"<b>That&#8217;s Another Lovely Evening. #July150 completed.<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just a brief post today, because I&#8217;ve not done anything special, except in my own little mind.<\/p>\n<h2>Woohoo! I Finished The July150!<\/h2>\n<p>I knew I had about 12 miles left to finish the <a title=\"July150 - The Official Spreadsheet\" href=\"http:\/\/spreadsheets.google.com\/ccc?key=0ApTiHlxlMDy3dEFlZkprTWszMHRPLThseE1xOVhTSlE&amp;hl=en_GB#gid=0\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>July150<\/strong><\/a> challenge, and that I might not get out on the bike again until Sunday (<em>the 1st of August<\/em>), so my Tuesday night autopilot loop would have to be half a mile longer than usual.<\/p>\n<p>Also, I still haven&#8217;t pulled the slicks off the Fat Boy, so after the bit of rain we&#8217;d had\u00a0I stuck to the roads . \u00a0I did my usual route up to Hollingworth Lake and it was dry enough to do a loop o&#8217;t&#8217;Lake too. \u00a0Half way round, I was faced with <strong>this view<\/strong> so my aim of keeping the average speed over 12mph was discarded while I took a couple of photos.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 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class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"This Is Why I Ride.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-623\" data-attachment-id=\"623\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/thats-another-lovely-evening-july150-completed\/imag0008-2\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMAG00081-e1280318516651.jpg?fit=598%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"598,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;HTC HD2 T8585&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1280261110&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00390625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"It could be the Caribbean!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This Is Why I Ride.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMAG00081-e1280318516651.jpg?fit=159%2C267&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMAG00081-e1280318516651.jpg?fit=120%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-623'>\n\t\t\t\tThis Is Why I Ride.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMAG00071-e1280318537805.jpg?ssl=1'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMAG00071-e1280318537805.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Never Get Tired Of This...\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-624\" data-attachment-id=\"624\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/thats-another-lovely-evening-july150-completed\/imag0007-2\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMAG00071-e1280318537805.jpg?fit=800%2C479&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,479\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;3.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;HTC HD2 T8585&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1280261010&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0078125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sunset Over Littleborough\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Never Get Tired Of This&#8230;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMAG00071-e1280318537805.jpg?fit=300%2C179&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMAG00071-e1280318537805.jpg?fit=300%2C180&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-624'>\n\t\t\t\tNever Get Tired Of This&#8230;\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/27072010GoogleEarthHollLakePlusBrookLoop-e1280318633555.jpg?ssl=1'><img width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/27072010GoogleEarthHollLakePlusBrookLoop-e1280318633555.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Tuesday Autopilot Loop, plus Extra Bit.\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-625\" data-attachment-id=\"625\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/thats-another-lovely-evening-july150-completed\/27072010googleearthholllakeplusbrookloop\/#main\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/27072010GoogleEarthHollLakePlusBrookLoop-e1280318633555.jpg?fit=800%2C543&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,543\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Last Night&#8217;s Loop, With Extra Bit!\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Tuesday Autopilot Loop, plus Extra Bit.&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/27072010GoogleEarthHollLakePlusBrookLoop-e1280318633555.jpg?fit=300%2C203&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/27072010GoogleEarthHollLakePlusBrookLoop-e1280318633555.jpg?fit=295%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-625'>\n\t\t\t\tTuesday Autopilot Loop, plus Extra Bit.\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>I dropped into Littleborough then took the main roads back towards Rochdale and home. \u00a0When I arrived, I noticed that I&#8217;d only done a shade over 10 miles so I did something that only the <strong>July150<\/strong> can be blamed for: I took the path between Firgrove Playing Fields and set off for a quick loop to Milnrow and back.<\/p>\n<p>The loop was partly along a narrow grassy track, but I thought I&#8217;d be ok as the rest of the ride had been nice &amp; grippy. \u00a0Not so! \u00a0I was like Bambi on ice, sliding all over the place in my granny ring, seemingly covering as much ground sideways as forwards! \u00a0I really must get those slicks off.<\/p>\n<p>Arriving home a second time, I&#8217;d amassed enough miles to hang up my bike for a few days and grin quietly to myself at covering 150 miles in the month. \u00a0This would never have happened without some of you lot spurring me on, so thanks a lot. \u00a0I love you all. \u00a0But not in that way. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>Are you lot up for an\u00a0<strong>#August150<\/strong> ?<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-icon sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share with your friends:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"sharing-facebook-622\" class=\"share-facebook sd-button share-icon no-text\" 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It's Summer, it's (so far fairly) dry and we're all loving our cycling, so here it is, sign up right here for the #July150 Cycling Challenge: ... Read More ...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cycling Challenges&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":587,"url":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/hard-work-wet-fell-over-damn-you-july150\/","url_meta":{"origin":622,"position":1},"title":"Hard Work. Wet. Fell Over. Damn you #July150","date":"14 July 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Tuesday Night Is Hollingworth Lake Loop Night. The weather looked a bit ropey, but I crossed my fingers, made a (delicious I must say) quick pasta tea and lined myself up for an hour's ride out... Read More ...","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cycling Challenges&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":577,"url":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/no-hills-to-hebden-bridge-july150-ride\/","url_meta":{"origin":622,"position":2},"title":"No Hills To Hebden Bridge #July150 Ride","date":"12 July 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"The weather was lovely on Saturday and I was on my fortnightly commitment-free Saturday, so I sat down and tried to map a ride I could take instead of my autopilot Hollingworth Lake loop. I chose a 27 mile run along the canal to Hebden Bridge then back over Blackstone\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cycling Challenges&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMAG0334-e1278935628632.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":542,"url":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/kiss-me-quick-ride-me-slowly-july150-started\/","url_meta":{"origin":622,"position":3},"title":"Kiss Me Quick, Ride Me Slowly &#8211; #July150 Started","date":"5 July 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"You've probably already read a few blogs about the Manchester to Blackpool bike ride on Sunday, so I'm just going to mention a few of my personal highlights and hope that you identify with them too. Bumping Into Friends Despite not quite meeting at the start as we'd planned, Jon\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Cycling Challenges&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/IMAG0325-e1278348191611.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":562,"url":"https:\/\/www.phillconnell.com\/blog\/the-june-awards\/","url_meta":{"origin":622,"position":4},"title":"The #June100 Awards","date":"8 July 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Those with elephantine memories will recall that I (sort of) promised prizes for performance in the June100 challenge. I'd quite happily let it slide, but the problem with publishing stuff is that people can remind you what you said.... 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