Riders ready to leave Relish
(Group photographs kindly supplied by Howard)
I’d promised
myself a bit of a keyboard vacation, but after the well-attended Saturday and
Bank Holiday Monday rides I just couldn’t let them pass without a few words.
On Saturday
we welcomed back Geoff who brought along Neil, his brother in law, who is
staying with him this week.
Nine of us took the longer route to Relish, leaving
Howard temporarily by himself until as arranged he met up with Simon and
Heather en route.
We all
arrived at more or less the same time. Andy Poolman did a sterling job of
gathering up any vacant chairs inside the café and we all managed to sit
together, which is an important social aspect of our rides.
Longer route: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/7696739
I’m afraid
there’s no report from Mr and Mrs Dynamo this week as I understand they both
had appointments at the opticians. According to my spy they were later spotted
dining at the Europa.
My spy in
this case is actually my wife who also happened to be at the Europa. Although
she’s never met Michael and Maureen she was able to identify them from the
line-up outside of The Angel Café. This
was in fact her second spot of the week, as she’d seen a club jersey being worn
one day near Calne. Reference to the MCCC Strava Club revealed this to have
been Colin.
Perhaps if
I post a picture of my wife you could return the favour and let me know when
you see her!
Away from
the club two members rode the Wye Valley Warrior Sportive on Sunday. Max from
our Cardiff sub-section and Phil have never met and so unless they were wearing
their club kit, there’s every chance they might have seen each other without
realising they were both members of the same club. Well done lads!
The open road awaits . . . . . . .
Judging by the number of riders who turned out, Howard's idea of switching the latest ride in the Sunday series to the Bank Holiday Monday, was a great one.
Fifteen of us mustered outside of the Town Hall. Tom from Brinkworth and Peter's girlfriend rode with us for the first and hopefully not the last time and Steve from Malmesbury (not to be confused with Steve from Great Somerford) came for his second ride armed with a completed application form and a signed cheque!
The Berkeley Tea Rooms
The enjoyable 64.4 mile course took us over to Berkeley where some of us stopped for lunch at the Tea Rooms. Like condemned men and women we enjoyed our last meal before scaling the formidable Frocester Hill.
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