29 Jun 2009 14:35
I was a bit nervous about cycling as I haven't really ridden a bike for a long time, so I decided that I would travel along the nature trail through Wormit and Newport rather than on the road so that I wasn't intimidated by the traffic and could take my time. Good idea in theory, but it actually involved carrying my bike up and down a few flights of stairs! Coming over the Tay Road Bridge was enjoyable, even if I did get overtaken several times....
I decided to brave the road today. Not too much traffic as it was still quite early but I did get a bit of a fright when a big bus pulled up behind me! It's a bit nerve-wrecking having that amount of metal revving up behind you... There are also quite a lot of road works going on near me and I wasn't really sure how to deal with that e.g. whether or wait behind cars or go past them and go first. Time to read up on my Highway Code!