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Sunday 09.30 ride - show your colours
Ahoy me hearties
I am not around Sunday am, but the ride should still go ahead
Anyone want to take the ride ? post so people know to come
I will probably be out Sat am instead
enjoyment, life and grog getting in the way of cycling and coffee
Have a good one, back again next week
CP
I am not around Sunday am, but the ride should still go ahead
Anyone want to take the ride ? post so people know to come
I will probably be out Sat am instead
enjoyment, life and grog getting in the way of cycling and coffee
Have a good one, back again next week
CP
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What time are you out on Saturday? I might join you.
The Kraken has allowed me a 2 day pass, so happy to take the helm on Sunday, weather permitting (BBC current forecast is wet and 25mph SW winds).
For Sunday was thinking flat route based on 2 Bridges...G. Morden, Wrestlingworth, Everton, Blunham, Moggerhanger, Northill, Old Warden, Broom, Langford, Hinxworth... 35miles @ 16mph. Steady as she goes ye swabs!
FD
Glad your recovery is on the way !
I will go with Sat 09.30 lot - see who is there
2 pirates for the old 1,2 would be good
Thanks for picking up Sunday
So crew on deck 09.30 Sun please for a flat route - you deserve it after last week
CP
Definitely will take the Sunday ride. I intend to run a tight ship, so be prepared to swash your buckles, batten down the hatches and take on the elements.
Sprint gallop at my discretion, depending upon where Pistol Pete is on deck!
FD
a chip off the old block ;-)
I've been very lucky to be able to learn the black arts from such worthy ne'er do wells as you and Cut-Throat Jake.
Fuelling up nicely for the weekend with electrolyte drink Cotes de Gascogne and carb loaded Chicken Jalfresi
Dust off your helmet, blow up your mizzen and prepare to grapple with your iron to board rival ship
FD
All hands on deck! Cap'n stranded beneath the duvet so I have the helm today.
35 miles @ 15-16mph, nice and steady on a flat route.
See you there
FD
Just 3 amigos out in the wind and rain
All other pirates didn't fancy the pain
No sign of Cap'n Pugwash or Pistol Pete
Lying in bed, buried under a sheet
The prospect of a ride an insufficient carrot
For the Cap'n, hungover, as sick as his parrot
Likewise Cut Throat Jake and Big Nick
Even Tony the Bullet must have been sick
FD, Red Van Jamie and Cervelo Tom
Battled the conditions, even with aplomb
Especially quick at eighteens to Blunham
The wind then blew, but the miles we done 'em
While Jamie and Tom on the front did pound
FD chewed his stem, nose to the ground
Out on the roads, good to be alive
We ticked off rules nine and particularly five!
FD
Just did a long rhyme, but lost it
Oh well back to bed
See you next week
CP
Rule#9 - if you are out riding in bad weather, it means you are a bad*ss. Period.
Fair-weather riding is a luxury reserved for Sunday afternoons and wide boulevards. Those who ride in foul weather be it cold, wet, or inordinately hot are members of a special club of riders who, on the morning of a big ride, pull back the curtain to check the weather and, upon seeing rain falling from the skies, allow a wry smile to spread across their face. This is a rider who loves the work.
Rule#5 - too rude to repeat here!
Grovelled back from Langford to Letchworth to a lower average than those on the short ride! 15.2mph and 44m.
Until next time when hopefully it's less breezy.
JRVM