Club run reports - 13th October

Category 3 ride led by Graham Knight

After bumping along with two or three participants all summer our ranks swelled to five this weekend - we love the cold!

Cold it was at the start, but the temperature rose throughout the day, it stayed dry and the sun occasionality managed some modest shining. We took a long way round to Royston heading out to Datchworth then up to Weston, Baldock and Bygrave - nice views up there. After the fast descent to Ashwell it was west to Royston via Littlington and the exciting hell-for-leather race along the A505.

The ride was originally billed as calling at Café Moreno. However, on Friday, when Googling the café to check it would be open, the third item on Google's list was from the Food Standards Agency - a resounding "1 - MAJOR IMPROVEMENT NECESSARY". There doesn't seem to be much point having a Food Standards Agency if you ignore this sort of verdict; so we went to the Costa. The big loser in this was Ian B who stood to miss out on his usual full (really full) English. There was a breakfast bap on offer which might have served but Ian could not stomach the price.

Eventually, variously re-fuelled (or not), we set off up the steep hill towards Barley. Then we used the scenic route back via Little Chishill - which is emphatically NOT a little hill.