Finding it hard to get out of bed on Sundays and I was late this morning for training. My two Airedales Lunar & Sora always want to go with me, so this morning I took them across the bridge to the halfway point for the Semas Cycling group and took a few photos with everybody. Almost did my back in with them pulling me every which way like Clydesdales.

After coming home and giving Lunar a bit of a haircut in the warm sun, I was feeling guilty about not having ridden much this month and got the bike out, got changed, camera in my pocket, i-pod in my ear and up to Sekiydao I went. I picked out a rider about 200m ahead and paced myself to catch him at the 11km bridge where the first set of traffic lights are.

After passing him on schedule I picked up the pace a bit and made sure nobody could pass me till I got to the castle. A hot can of chocolate then a few photos on both sides of the river. A short movie clip of a kayaker, then I headed East down the Tone river back home.

My bike posing in front of Sekiyado Castle at the end of the Edo river.

Cosmic Front wheel posing in front of an old tree.

There is a tetropod factory opposite the castle.

Looking back from Saitama side of Edo river.

The weir where the kayakers play with the swash