Long, hard cycling

I finally went to the hairsalon I had mentioned here before. That hair salon is one of my most favorite places around here. I had my digital camera in my pocket and was going to take some photos of beautiful autumn scenery on my way. I thought it would be a nice ride, but I was totally wrong. It was far from "nice" but very hard and tiring cycling. I have never had such a hard work before. Because I had to go up the endless slopes to where that hairsalon is. There was not a road that goes down even for 1 meter. I had to keep pedaling all the way. Guess how long it took me?? 1 hour and 40 minutes. I was exhausted. Of all the stupid ideas of mine recently, this trial was the worst.
To make it worse, when I finished having my hair cut, it was already dark and cold enough. This time, I didn't have to pedal at all because it was downhill. What happened to me on my way back was to be frozen in the chilly evening air , against the intense wind. Good experience! I don't think I would do it again.

八ヶ岳の登山口近くの美容院まで自転車で！という念願を、昨日ついに果たした。綺麗な写真など撮りながら行こう、なんてカメラ持参で浮かれて行った。しかし現実は甘くなかったのです。最初から最後まで、ずっと上り坂で、下りは一瞬たりともなく、１時間４０分もかかった。なんと表現したらいいかわからないくらい、疲れました。おまけに、帰る頃には日も落ちて寒く、猛スピードで下り続けたのですから、体中が凍りつくように寒かった。あぁ、するんじゃなかった、こんなこと。最近の中で、最もバカな思いつきでした。勉強になりました・・・・・もうしないと思うな。