Hiking or Biking?

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Hiking or Biking? That is the question!

This photograph was taken by my best friend Lee up at Leith Hill. If my Mum saw me do this, she would have kittens! Don't worry, not every photo will be of me and my bike;)

I was all up for a hike on Friday night. Up and down and all the way around Box Hill, Surrey. My mtb was in for a loose bottom bracket. The bloke in the shop said Saturday. Oh well, i thought. I will go for a hike instead. But i got a call saying my bike was ready and the BB replaced with a new one. The one i had was a downhill BB, but i must do some pretty rough riding to bugger it up so quick! Plus i don't have rear suspension which also gives the BB more of a pounding.
Anyway. I ended up going out for a ride instead. So i guess that the answer to the question is obvious. I Love cycling!

I also like hiking too. But i haven't been properly since last October, when i hiked up Ben Nevis in Fort William with my two friends Lee & Nathan. I have done it twice now. But normally, i hike (more like walking) around Box Hill and the surrounding countryside. I was doing quite a lot of night hiking before and during the beginning of my Hep C treatment. I like the isolation and the sounds compared to what you experience in the day.
I will post a seperate post detailing the Ben Nevis hike another time, as it was quite a big deal for me i suppose, having two pretty whacked ankles from Haemophilia and all. I will be doing more hiking this winter, when the ground is a tad too frozen and slippery over them roots and chalk and stuff! To keep fit i shall just have to ride my bike around Richmond Park when it is really icy. I don't know what i would do without living so close to these places. I'm not a fitness freak or anything like it. But i do Love to keep fit and have fun at the same time. I remember the Gym i went to for every other day for 14 months was so very boring!
Tomorrow is going to be a nice, sunny, warm day. You know where i will be? You guessed it;)

P.s. My 29th Interferon jab went fine Thursday night. My right side this time (my Love handles). I alternate from left to right every week. Before i started treatment, i envisioned that i would have lots of marks where the needle go's in. I'm not sure why really, because of all the thousands of needles i have stuck into my arm veins, i don't get marks there.
My numb finger is no worse & my toothache ain't no worse. But my right elbow is a bit sore. Thats just because it is pretty wrecked, like my ankles (check the photo out and look at the difference between my left & right arms. An injection of the Factor VIII kind i think.

Jason