Rest day on Saturday after Kev and I had got the 100+ ride in the day before. Knew the club run was going to be a challenging one from reading the forum. Outside the shop at 9am and about 30 riders opted for the 'B' ride out towards Rivington. A fair pace was set by Steve Charlton, so I wisely just sat in the pack. Quite an undulating route was taken to the foot of the climb and a good few conversations with the lads. Only rode alongside Kev for a few miles (so many out today). Felt great on the climb and with climbing miles in my legs, I'm starting to feel quite comfortable. It all split on the climb, I paused to take a pic and noticed that I had no signal on my phone. I was alongside the North West TV transmitters????? Fast descent into Belmont and then yet another climb (cheers Matty) with Horwich and the Reebok stadium on the other side. Got into a steady tempo and then one of the many John's got a puncture. Spring into action Bicycle Repairman! Group waited at the bottom. When we reached them there was this surreal scene, wish I had taken a pic. A bunch of about 25 H Middleton CC riders mixed in with a big gang of Mods on scooters!
The hammer went down again when we were all together, through Blackrod, Haigh, Standish and eventually to the cafe. The weather warmed up enough to expose the legs (not sure the cafe customers were ready for it, but I was). Chatted to Annette from the club, who did the end to end last year. So Kev and I bombarded her with questions, sorry Annette.
Great days riding and bagged another 60 miles +, making 250+ miles since last Wednesday. Great, I'm back in work tomorrow and I have P.E. pm. Might not get through the warm up!!
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