It’s been a while since the last update - I’m writing this in October nursing a broken collar bone and some (maybe) broken ribs. July wasn’t the best month either because I spent most of it waiting for the results of a spinal x ray, under strict orders not to ride bikes until injury was ruled out. Luckily(?) it is only arthritis.

Personally only managed 6 rides this month, 5 road rides and a single mountain bike ride. Some of the other lads ventured out, attempting to remember their way round rides we’ve done many times before. They always managed to return home, although I’m led to believe it was only touch and go in some cases. Apparently The Captain dusted off the Cannondale Push for a couple of rides.

Stockton Cycling Festival occurred in July, with many cycling activities on show including a road race, an evening criterium, Skyride and some sportive type rides of varying distances, the longest being almost 100 miles around the North York Moors and going up the dreaded Chimney Bank. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately) we were all working that weekend. I did manage to get down to Stockton Riverside for the finish of the road race and have a general look round at the various stalls and displays.

Another first this month was taking a bike over The Transporter, the iconic ‘bridge’ over the Tees, which is not a bridge at all but suspended platform which carries cars and foot passengers from Middlesbrough to Port Clarence.

It’s all so long ago I can’t really recall anything else that might have happened, we’ll have to let the pictures tell the story. Thanks to Jordan Foote for being the photographer on the rides I couldn’t attend.

Terra Trailblazers July 2012 riding from John Lavelle on Vimeo.