Sunday morning local road ride followed by a local walk inc the old Police HQ

We were out on the winter road bike again this morning first thing before 8am and it was freezing cold. The gritters had been out again and the roads were covered in grit. We did the same loop as last Sunday for a comparison, we were faster even with the strong Baltic headwind. Again we covered just under 32 undulating miles in 2hrs 13mins. Good training for the Evans ride in a couple of weeks time! As you can see in the photos below there was no sun today and only seen another couple of cyclists out.
When we got back in the bikes were washed and dried again then me and Jane went out for a local walk calling past the old Police HQ which is currently being demolished to make way for a posh new housing estate. The DLI is also now closed but still full of gear, it will be a long time before they empty that place. Again there was a cold wind on the walk but the sun was trying harder to get out and was quite pleasant in the sheltered wooded sections. In the end I cover just under 7 miles in just over 2 hours. Boots off and feet up after I have finished uploaded this.
Yesterday we went to the Bishop Auckland food festival and it was packed, I spent a small fortune on food / drink ! defo be back next year again.

Now for some walking pics -

and a couple from Bishop

yes we all put our head inside a massive pig!

these young lads were fantastic

best live music I have heard, think they were called New York Band