This summer we are visiting the Netherlands where we hope to do some cycling on their many cycle lanes (the land is fairly flat so it shouldn't be too difficult!). In preparation Jenny recently bought an ancient Raleigh Compact folding bike for £20 and today we took our bikes to Bournemouth on the Dorset Coast for a trial run. We cycled along the sandy promenade west for a few miles to the Pool boundary then back again and then a few miles east to Boscombe and back again, a total of about 12 miles. The weather was glorious, bright sunshine but with a cool wind and there were lots of people about, walking, running, cycling, some even sunbathing in the shelter of their beach huts. King Harry Rocks off the tip of the Isle of Purbeck stood out clearly in the bright light and the ancient Raleigh Compact behaved itself, apart from a tendency for the adjustable saddle to self-adjust as Jenny rode it, so that she ended up with her knees almost touching her chin. We soon solved that with a spanner - altogether a good £20's worth and a good day out.
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