So who didn't go on a club ride on this bright & sunny day? Can't be many judging by the numbers out. I was pleasantly surprised with leading sixteen on a lumpy, bumpy trip to Shenley - some hills, or what?. Yet this was surpassed by twentyfour on the easies. Needless to say this large group had to be split with about half drafting Bruno, and the rest with Bob. Us meds used the hills to split us apart with us all getting back together again at the summits when we stopped for recovery. The return was fairly flattish giving plenty of scope for daydreaming as we passed some of the mo
Five went on the Barry Marathon to Maldon and ended up doing about 100 miles. Fifteen took to the roads for fifty miles on the easy, including a few guests. Of the seven who braved the med\fast, all wore club kit. A fairly stiff westerly wind made the return journeys a bit more arduous than they needed to be but it remained bright, warm and sunny most of the time.
Demanding, or what? And that's just the easy ride. Some awful conditions, and a crash, and a puncture, and a broken chain, and a split tyre. And not all the same person. Hope CB's hand repairs itself soon. Was painful just to look at it.
Despite the worst efforts of the weather, ten riders still braved the elements. With four on the medium and six on the easy this was quite an impressive tour de force!
A calamitous start. No JohnF and when the news broke late on Saturday evening many dropped out of the meds to go with the easies. Due to John's chronic last minute back issue, the meds took to the road rudderless. Then Peter stepped into the breach. So it was still rudderless. On a glorious morning three started in Hertford at 07:15 picking up a further two at Wadesmill and yet another one at Much Hadham. All arrived at Thaxted at 09:00 to be greeted by four more. Not knowing JF's proposed route another one was improvised on the road. With a strong sou'westerlyish breeze good time w
Lots out. Lovely day. Cathy took a crew to Clavering Lakes & Lee made his maiden voyage as an easy leader (with Wendy The Navigator). As both John Mac & Lee would agree, all you have to do is supply an idea - and then find someone else who knows the way! Easy, or what? The easies consisted of eleven, the meds accounted for seventeen (in two groups?!?), the RouteA's were three and seven flew like the wind on the fast.
Lots out, spread over several rides. Apart from the fast trip from Hertford, all others met at Ware. This led to a rather large group taking up a lot of space in the car park. This large group soon split into its component parts with John's led med taking fourteen to Melbourne and Bruno's easy taking seven to Puckeridge. A few took on the delights of RouteC and the dozen that were left set out on the Women-Only 100 km Rapha ride. On a glorious day few encountered any mishaps and John didn't get us lost! This should encourage others to step forward to the plate and offer to be a leader
Three on the fast, two on the med\fast, eight on the med and twelve on the easy. The med was supposed to go to the end of the world but was aborted due to the seriously foul weather that never arrived. So it met up with the easies at Whitwell. Some riders swapped rides.
The Old Skool TT put the kybosh on the fast & med\fast trips today. The easies kept away and went to Ardeley with Chris. The two med rides led to one being taken by Ian to Hatfield Broadoak whilst Peter led out the Apres TT's to Whitwell. The famous five took off to the Fens for the day under John's tutulage.
