It was one of those afternoons where we decided it better to go for a short ride rather than a long one.
From where we are, a short, comfortable ride can only mean two destinations: Either we head westwards towards the Marina Barrage, or we head eastwards towards Changi Airport.
It's either one or the other.
I had wanted to go to Changi Airport (don't ask me why) but my companion decided that the other direction was easier, more scenic, and maybe more food that we could have for dinner before making our way back.
So towards the Marina Barrage we went.
Not before making a pit stop at the shop near the Marine Parade Polyclinic behind Parkway Parade to pump air into our tires first, though.
(Don't laugh at this non-descript shop- it might not have much of a branding but it's very popular with the family-type cyclists in the neighborhood and the uncles on their market bikes as well)
I have no pictures of the scenery along the ride.
Today my attention had been very much focused on keeping the handlebars of Daffy straight, trying to gauge the space between Daffy and the other cyclists, and making sure the ground was clear that I wouldn't fall or anything of the sort.
Of course, I've also grown pretty familiar with the scenery- even that of the Marina Bay Reservoir and Barrage- and so I don't really stop to take touristy style pictures anymore.
That doesn't mean that the route isn't scenic, nor beautiful.
It is.
Whether you're on the PCN going towards Fort Road with all the trees lining the shore, whether you're on the bridge crossing over towards the Barrage side, whether you're at the park with the gorgeous view of the bay, the Supertrees of Gardens by the Bay, or MBS in front of you, the view is beautiful.
At another time I might have stopped to admire the scenery in front of me.
But not today.
Today I headed straight along one side of the reservoir's shore, crossed the bridge that overlooks the open sea on the other side, and into the barrage area itself.
Again at another time I might have turned left towards the breakwater where the view's one of the loveliest this side of town (it reminds me of Labrador Park).
But today we went down Gardens by the Bay, up the Helix Bridge and towards Marina Square where we parked our bikes at one of the banisters and headed inside for a meal.
