Club run reports - 4th May

Category 3 ride led by Graham Knight

I seem to remember a spell of weather a few years back when dismal, rain-soaked weekdays were interspersed by glorious, sun-drenched Sundays. False-memory syndrome perhaps but it deters me from complaining too much about the Arctic northerlies and predominantly grey skies, following a week of sunshine, that were a feature of today's ride. 

Whatever, circumstances induced a healthy number of Cat 3 enthusiasts (5) to assemble in Ware for a route designed to get most of the pure headwind riding done and dusted early on. Thus, having reached Braughing, we headed more or less east to Finchingfield and Winners Café.

I don't know what it was they were winners of, but I doubt it was the Full English (Speed) event. Brian and I had long finished our cake and were contemplating second portions by the time the hot food appeared. Fortunately,  as usual, the conversation was as stimulating as it was profound and the time passed happily enough.

The way back included some nice tailwind sections as a reward for our earlier efforts and we were back in Ware by 2:30 (more-or-less).