Anyone who knows me at work will raise a wry smile at this or maybe even laugh… Given that I perpetually struggle to haul myself out of bed on a morning resulting in me sauntering into the office usually around 10am these days, it will come to a shock to my colleagues to learn that this morning I was not only up at 6:00am, by 6:30am I was setting off on a bike ride with Tina. The recent temperatures have been about 33′C (or 91′F in old money) so it makes sense to do any exercise early doors while it is still relatively cool. A decent plan, but slightly flawed if you don’t get back until around 11am when it’s close to maximum frying levels.
We started off along the beach and here’s one of the snaps I took en route. 
There were plenty of folk about even then, running, walking dogs, just walking, and one receiving tution from a personal trainer lifting weights. After a while we headed back to the road which runs parallel to the beach and took it all the way to Ponte Vedra, a district which seems to be just an enormous golf course with multi-million Dollar properties littered neatly around it. While the houses were enough to make you gawp, the highlight was stopping on a couple of bridges where we saw an alligator and turtles.
The return journey was broken up by a visit to Target and Publix, two staple US stores which I’m becoming very familiar with as I always seem to be in them. Amongst other things I swooped for Duffy’s “Rockferry” album seeing as it was only $9.99 (approximately a fiver back home) so I thought it rude not to. To give sustenance for the last leg we wolfed down a bagel and coffee in Publix’s deli seating area, and after collecting some books Tina had ordered, set off for home now in quite oppresive heat. It was a relief to get off the road on to the beach again and benefit from the sea breeze.
We’ve spent the afternoon roasting ourselves on Jacksonville Beach and while Tina has been at work this evening I’ve uploaded some photos from the trip so far. You can find them here, click me. I’m quite pleased with the ones from this morning’s ride.
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