Before we get onto the Christmas Eve ride, here are the
details for the next two rides over the festive period:
· Boxing Day meet outside of the Jackdaw Café at
10.00am for a chance to work off some of the Christmas pudding. Four MCCC
members have already confirmed their attendance.
· Saturday 28th December 2013, meet
outside of the Jackdaw Café at 10.00am for the usual club ride.
Undeterred by the heavy overnight rain, a hardy group of
Christmas Eve riders set off from Mission Control (outside of the Jackdaw Café)
intent on traversing Foxley Road come-what-may. With the River Avon having
burst its banks in a number of places, the fields had taken on an unfamiliar
appearance and been transformed into lakes. Foxley Road was passable with care,
but the ford at Norton was a raging torrent of water and saw us having to
dismount and use the very slippery wooden footbridge to get to the other side.
We then rode into Sherston, out towards Westonbirt, before
turning for home via Shipton Moyne. A short, but most enjoyable ride of around
15 miles.
With the Jackdaw Café closed and others doing a roaring
trade, we convened at the Whole Hog along with MCCC members who hadn’t
ridden.
The Cycling Monk
The Cycling Monk
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