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10 September, 2010 – 153 miles – Chetwood Near Archet
This was a very interesting day, and by that I mean a run of bad luck of ample proportions. I won’t even tell you the half of it, only what directly relates to my getting in some good mileage today.
After a frustrating morning which involved my accidentally bumping the headlights on while signaling for a turn (without knowing it) and thus letting the battery die and having to wait an hour for help, I needed to stop by the bank and pick up some groceries on the way back (after driving around randomly for almost an hour to charge the battery).
I happily successfully navigated the chip-and-pin machine (one up on Dr. Watson at least) and went out to my car. Unfortunately, my fluster over the proceeding events caused me to do something I never have before— lock my keys in the car. Normally I am scrupulous about that. Never mind— it is only 2 miles to my house.
So I hefted up my bags and headed out to walk to my house, assuming the back door was open, because I had been out watering earlier and rarely lock it during the day. Yes. I had. With the front and back door locked, the only three options were: 1. break a window (hardly, they had just been replaced) 2. call a locksmith or 3. call Catwoman to pick the lock. Oh wait… 4. kick the door in Buffy style.
Needless to say I chose to call a locksmith. So after waiting almost another hour, he came by and thank goodness got the door open. He was very sweet (thank you Redwood Locksmiths) and after I’d got my spare car key from my house he offered me a ride back to my car.
After that I unlocked my car and went to drive home, only to find the construction workers had decided to close the roads to my house in the meantime. After fifteen minutes of meandering back streets I hardly knew I finally got home. And yes, by then the ice cream had melted. And that is my horror story of the day.
Up points: I got 4 hours off work, made an extra 2 miles on my Walk to Rivendell venture and was able to do this blog post with an interesting story that will hopefully make your day seem very good in comparison!
1 August, 2010 – 148 miles – Camp in Chetwood
8 May, 2010 – 120 miles – Near Cardolan
7 May, 2010 – 118 miles – Riding north through a gap in hills
28 April, 2010 – 115 miles – Captured in Barrow-downs
21 February, 2010 – 105 miles – West of Barrow-downs
24 January, 2010 – 101 miles – West of Barrow-downs
17 January, 2010 – 98 miles – House of Tom Bombadil
29 December, 2009 – 95 miles – Rescued by Tom Bombadil from Old Man Willow
15 October, 2009 – 83 miles – Path In The Old Forest
13 October, 2009 – 80 miles – Path In The Old Forest
27 September, 2009 – 78 miles – The Old Forest Bonfire Glade
3 September, 2009 – 76 miles – The Old Forest, path vanishes
24 August, 2009 – 73 miles – Leaving Crickhollow
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