Saturday 20th September 9.30am club ride

DavidJ

Well yet another Saturday morning with a severe weather warning ! Do you think that the Met Office are trying to tell us something???

OK, assuming its not teeming down in the morning - we have two options:

1. Do a re-try of the map in the pocket ride out towards Milbrook/Ampthill (47 miles)

Ashwell-Marston Moretaine-Cotton End-Southhill-Ashwell

http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/436651646

or

2. Another one for the flat-land aficionados out towards Cambridge (47 miles also):

http://www.mapmyride.com/gb/baldock-eng/ashwell-barrington-barton-dry-drayton-lo-route-244636269

or

3. Something more local with bad weather cutoffs

http://www.mapmyride.com/gb/baldock-eng/ashwell-bassingbourn-fowlmere-elmdon-hey-route-52457550

Lots to ponder ! See you in the morning

AdamR

Hmmmmm, decisions.
I did a reverse version of the Millbrook ride alone a few weeks ago.
Was quite fun.
After Ride London a bit of rain will be nothing.

DavidJ

Only 9 of out today as the curse of rubbish Saturday weather hit again. Despite his post above also no sign of AdamR - wrong sort of rain maybe??

We set out in murk, fog and some light rain and had murk, fog and light rain for most of the ride with a splash of heavy rain thrown in for good measure around little Gransden. Decided on option 4 which was to pretty much make it up as we went along, so up to Barrington, then Haslingfield, Bourn, Caxton and back via Shingey.

Some sterling riding by the two youngsters today, Matt and Sofie. Sofie even had enough left in the tank for the sprint into Ashwell !

So a grand total of 39 miles at 16.5. Thanks all for a jovial company on a miserable morning !

P.s. Found out when we got home that Emma had ridden for who knows how much of the ride with a broken chain link as it fell apart in my hands when I cleaned her bike! Said that it was 'clonking' a bit on the ride !!!

DocLewis

Thanks for taking Sophie out today on her first club ride. She had a really enjoyable ride and is keen to do some more (cyclocross permitting).

geoffg

great report David...kucky Emma and good to hear Sophie took the plunge Claire.

PeterT

Cheers all for a good ride.
Didn't realise that the sprint started in Guilden!

Jenny

Great ride, thanks all. There was some serious bike cleaning going on after that ride!

Yvonne

Jenny...many thanks for your much appreciated help.