After getting back into the exercise mode of things, today instead of the usual date with a cross country machine at the gym, I decided to do something different. Using my newly purchased Saris Sentinel 3-Bike Trunk Mount Rack I decided to bring Scottie to work and ride around Kent Ridge Park. I was more hoping to take in the part of Singapore called the Southern Ridges. What I got in the end was quite different.
So last night when I got home I spent a few minutes putting on the bike rack onto the car. It went on with relative ease so I was all ready for the morning. In the morning, I after doing my morning usuals, I proceeded to fasten the bike with much excitement. It was pretty easy and soon the wife and me were heading to work, with Scottie hanging on from behind.
When I reached my carpark at Sci Park, I quickly dismounted the bike, got my helmet on and headed out towards the Southern Ridges. All was going well, I was enjoying the mixture of breezy down slopes, calf cramping up slopes and the occasional bike on shoulder climbs up the stairs. Eventually I reached the top of Kent Ridge Park, and proceeded towards the Southern Ridges, when I came to the Canopy Walk. It was really beautiful and I was enjoying myself and the scenery.
At the end of Canopy Walk, I hit Pepys Road just outside Reflections at Bukit Chandu. What followed was a windy down slope. I thought it was a short down slope to the next part of the Southern Ridge ride, it turned out to be road straight down to Pasir Panjang Road. This was when things started to go south....hmmm...Southern Ridges. So with my lightning fast mind, I decided to cycle up Pasir Panjang Road and then make a left to Alexandra Road and get back to the planned route, via Alexandra Arch
Eventually, I got back to the place where the Southern Ridges was supposed to be but I could not find it. OK, time to start a little panic. After a while of riding in circles (as shown below), I knew it: I was completely and utterly lost.
As I was riding around in circles, I realised that I forgot to bring the shirt, that I was planning eventually wear after my shower and for the rest of the day. In my excitement to get the bike onto the car, I forgot my shirt! So this was another parallel problem I had to solve along with being lost.
In exasperation, I had to become my old adventurous self and bash through the jungle and go guerrilla style. My objective was to get to Normanton Park, only road going way was via AYE. Bikes are not allowed on expressways so I had to go off road from Russells Road to Normanton Park. So here I was riding in the vegetation that is parallel to the AYE. Eventually, I got to Normanton Park and eventually back to the office. Purple line on above picture indicated my entire route.
After my shower I managed to get my hands on a company long sleeves polo and that became my attire for the day. All in all it was an entertaining morning and to be honest I have not had this much fun on my own in a while! I am sure I will get lost again and I am looking forward to it!
M enjoying being lost!
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1 comments:
wow. it's a good thing you can be amused by it! looking at the purple circles on the map, I'm just thinking that if it had me, I would have been the grumpiest grouch on the planet :)
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