Bike ride!

This morning it was an early start - up just after 5 and off at 5.30.  The upside being I got to go out for a bike ride with some people from work. Since most of them live in Shunyi, Mohammad and I had a bonus 14km to the start of the ride and of course a double bonus 14km back home at the end making a satisfying 91km total. Weather was clear blue skies and sunshine and it was a pleasure to be out on the bike again having only had two rides outside since we arrived. We basically headed due north from Shunyi and after 20km headed for a loop up to a reservoir surrounded by mountains - a lovely spot! The roads were good tarmac and aside from the traffic lights which periodically stopped the traffic it was easy to motor on at a good pace in the bike lane by the side of the road. Of course you need to watch out for random vehicles using the same lane to go against the flow of traffic but this is Beijing after all! Route and a couple of snaps shown below.