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On Jun 10, 6:36=A0pm, "burtthebike"  wrote: > "Dave"  wrote in message > > news:dK-dnXZ6v6sLcNHVnZ2dnUVZ8qGdnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk... > > > > > Having not riden a bike for 30 years or so 2 years ago I bought a new on= e > > in order to get fitter and to help loose 6 stones. Since then I have > > gradually built up distances by riding at dry weekends (I have to admit > > that I am a fair weather cyclist - I will ride in the rain but rarely se= t > > off in it); taking in the Yorkshire Dales or the canal towpath. > > > In April 2007 I set a new record for myself by riding the towpath for 70=

> > miles (my previous record being 65 miles some 30 years previous). > > > Well as it was a wonderful day yesterday I set off out to Skipton then > > picked up the A59 out towards Clitheroe and onto the canal at Marton. > > > Following the towpath until I found somewhere for my lunch and turnaroun= d > > (bridge 113 at Church near Blackburn). > > > In the end I did a round trip of 82 miles in 8 hours and 10 mins thus > > setting myself a new record. > > > I realise that this is not as far as some of you ride and that the terra= in > > is quite flat so no real hills but non the less I am quite chuffed. > > > Dave. > > Congratulations Dave, and that's an excellent achievement, and one that th= e > vast majority of the population of the UK couldn't do.

=2E..meaning that they're morally inferior.