Our week back to work was hectic, to say the least. However, we still had our weekend to enjoy. We went for a short-ish bike ride yesterday (we're still not exactly in top riding shape!), exploring one of our favourite trails (which we call "the golf course trail", since it terminates at a golf course). It's not a hard ride, and in fact, we occasionally do this trail in the morning before work - however, yesterday was our first day of hard(ish) riding in a while, so it was tough. We also varied our route on the way down, and found ourselves hike-a-biking through a road-come-river, over some logs, under some trees.... all in all, a good morning ride for our first Saturday in the Saddle.
Today, we did one of our longer rides - up to the "Fireroad", along the rolling hills of the fireroad for a few kilometres, and then descending via the "Snake River" route. Once we got back down to Susono, we decided to turn right instead of left, and climbed uphill a little bit more until we got to Gotemba City and our much cherished Gotemba Kogen Beer Hall.
Unfortunately, though throughout our ride the sun was hot and strong even through the haze of this late July weekend, no sooner had we reached the beer hall, with their lovely outdoor seating and a beer stall that opens at 10:00 a.m., than it started to rain.
We found a bit of shelter within an unfortunately unattractive structure that I presume the beer hall intends to be a lovely attraction, but it was shelter nonetheless, and the beer was cold and refreshing; and, need I say, it was also deserved!
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Funny how we will run, ride or do any other sport in the rain but we won't sit in it :)
You have to admit finishing with a beer is a nice way to punctuate a ride.
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