Saturday: 70 miles. Reston to Clarksgap, Waterford, Taylorstown, Lovettsville, Hillsboro & Purcellville. Chilly at start and warm at end. 13.8 average speed. Stops in Lovettsville, Purcellville at Trials End Bike Shop and at Parlows store in Sterling, VA for icecream.
Sunday: 51 miles: Adverage speed 14.2. Spectacular day. Reston to Purcellville via Dry Mill road and Hill. 3 miles into ride a bike rider yelled to me , "Watch the Sword." Looking down the trail (a little more attentively) I see this Asian lady standing in the the middle of the bike path waving a sword and going through slow motion movements with it. It gave me pause - literally (this fool is ruining my average speed). I braked and stopped about a hundred feet from her. She's middle aged and she keeps on with her sword movements even though I've clearly stopped because of her. At 7:30 AM not many other people are out on the path and I debated making a detour but decided to press ahead. I passed her at close quarters and she didn't say anything and more importantly she didn't cut my head off. Five minutes down the trail I remembered I had my camera with me and regretted that I didn't get a picture of her. I've seen a lot of things on the W&OD Bike trial but this really raised the bar. Before this bizarre sighting honors went to a lady on roller blades that was pushing a double baby carriage (two abreast) with two infants. A 70 or 80 mile ride planned for tomorrow with Tom H from Laurel, MD who is also going on the big tour.
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