Some cycling done this weekend, setting out Thursday afternoon after a big job list - voting, paying bills and sorting out overdue repairs to the bicycle. Nothing major, but over the years nuts and bolts rust, bolt holes wear and enlarge and other such deterioration.

Some very pleasant sunset clouds to be seen clearing the ridges at the end of the Chiltern hills ready to drop down onto the plains south of Bedford, where i looked up old frinds and spent the night.

The Friday was a little disappointing, with cloud and a cold wind for much of the day for the route northwards from Bedford, tanking a cafe fried breakfast, coffee and cakes six miles later, light lunch in the small cafe which is part of a riding school near Sywell and into the hidden parts of Northamptonshire.

The railway line which once ran between Northampton and Market Harborough looks as if it has been claimed for a Sustrans route, and it may be sampled on future rides. This trip, however, stuck to the gated narrow lanes through woodland which eventually reach Naseby and the long drop down to Market Harborough for coffee and the train to Chesterfield.