There are no bad days when you?re on your bike but Saturday was a particularly good one. Started off a bit chilly but as soon as the sun started to do it?s bit the arm/knee warmers came off and the summer was here! Went through some lovely countryside and quintessentially English villages on the way down (if fact, one of the villages was so nice, I decided to puncture to spend more time there).
A bite to eat at the cafe on the beach and, though initially it was a bit chilly again, it was back over rolling hills in glorious warm sunshine. The seven of us kept together for most of the day, though it got real tough to hold Paul T?s wheel in the home straight.
Got home with 117 miles on the clock in 6.5 hours, 18.5 mph average.
Thanks to Paul and everyone else who made it such a good ride.
David
ps?Hope the blonde lady from Walton On Thames managed to meet up with another group or found the café ok.
pps?On my way back I went past Selhurst Park at chucking out time. As I was threading my way through the crowd a group of 5 blokes walked down the road towards me but rather than the usual ?jokes? I was expecting, they started clapping me and shouting ?Tour De France? at me in, I beleive, genuine respect. Through the achievements of Geoff Thomas, at least one set of football supporters appreciate cycling as a great sport!