Day 18 - Caravan park

Went on holiday to Cornwall :) I tried hopping & I think it went alright :D hoorayy

BAD news : Bexzi has sold her unicycle!!

Day 17 - with Bexzi

Today, me and Bexzi went to the little park. I had a little go to demonstrate how to ride, and then Bexzi had her turn. She held onto the fence and hopped onto the unicycle. She held on with both hands and slowly pulled herself along the fence. I gave her some tips and in less than an hour she was capable of riding along whilst holding hte fence with one hand. We swapped over and I practised my freemounting...definetly an Off-day for my freemounting! Some boys came along and kicked a ball around in the kiddie-park and they took turns trying to unicycle. I found it quite funny to watch them trying to mount but a couple of htem managed to do a couple of meters 'fence-pulling'. Later on, I went around to the 'semi'circle' bit outside the kiddie-park and did a couple of circuits, although when Bexzi tried this whilst holding onto my shoulder the results weren't quite the same. :)

Another unicycle-addict? I hope so!

=D

Day 16 - Longest ride

Today we went around the lake and through the forest. My sister was on rollerblades...(not such a good idea since the forest had a gravel path), my mum and dad were walking and I, of course, was riding my unicycle. We covered at least a couple of miles with a few breaks. I kept having to wait for them...and then they would wait for me to remount...then I'd go and then I'd have to wait for them again etc. and so it took longer than usual.

Freemounting is doing really well :) I think I managed 80% of them probably.

I'm finding coping with hills really hard though - I could manage little bumpy ones even with lots of chunks of gravel, however I found the longer stretched of slopey gravel hard.

Overall a fun, if not terribly hot, afternoon out :)

Day 15 - with Lucy!

After going for a walk with Lucy, we decided to get the unicycle out. I rode over to hte park and then she hopped onto it and rode circles around. Well, actually it wasn't quite like that...first she tried to get on with my help. Then she tried to get on by herself. Then she tried with a longer fence. Hooray she was on! Then of course there was also hte not-so-easy task of riding it. She crept slowly along the fence (with regular UPDs :) )and I helpfully gave tips like leaning certain ways and weight distribution, as well as laughing and filming :D.

Maybe I will convert her to unicycling :P

*Viva la unicyle Revolution!*

Day 14

Went into the little park with the soft tarmac again today & just practised freemounts. My freemounts are doing really well now :) I'm quite happy with them. Also thought about idling, and went through the motions whilst holding onto the fence, however when put into practise it didn't work quite so well...

My dad's coming back from america soon & so he will buy me a helmet :) yay (Safety first kids!), then I think i'll feel a bit braver...:D Once I've got good I wanna either buy a trials or muni unicycle...:D:D:D

And maybe some safety gear...

Day 13

Not so well on the freemounting fron...okay they were pretty darn bad. Distance wise was alright although I only practised for 10mins. My left leg was a bit shakey so I think that's what mucked up my mounts - probably tired out from all the unicycling yesterday...hope to practise more tomorrow :)

Day 12

Morning-
Longest ride yet...with lots of UPDs though...we travelled around a nearby lake which was pretty cool :) Lots of bicyclists gave me strange smiles though - you almost hear the cogs ticking as they think "How does she do that?" makes me feel veery big-headed. :D I managed a few free-mounts on the way round as well :)

Afternoon-
Went down the park with my sister. I think I'm at 'Level 1' now because I:
1.Mount unicycle unassisted.
2.Ride 50m.
3.Dismount gracefully with unicycle in front.

(Okay I didn't dismount terribly gracefully, but it still counts :) )

I'm a happy bunny.