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Scotland : Perthshire CC Ecosse - October 18th - Around the Tay in 90k
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Your men seem to be dropping like flies, my friends! Our ladies outing, alas, is going from strength to strength, with fifteen of us preparing to set out into deepest darkest East Lothian in the morn. I have been assured by the proprietor of the tea house that the salon has been reserved for us and that the ovens have been stoked, so we shall partake of the finest cakes this side of the Forth. I have not forgotten about sending you a sample, and will have Mullins (or was it Wiggins?) awaiting our return to T Towers, ready to gallop off north on a fast steed.
Yours in cycling,
Lady T.
Yours in cycling,
Lady T.
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Fubar
Guru
My that sounds like a jolly outing, if I wasn't Perth bound I would be following your fine Belles out to East Lothian! May the wind be at your backs ladies.
It appears that due to ague, wussery and whataboutery our list has been whittled down to 7.
Worse than that, @dhd.evans is going to cross the fabled "Bridge of Tay" before he even meets up with us!
Shackleton will have a field day when he hears about this!
Nevertheless, a small group will hopefully be able to avoid the worst depredations of these "The 45" scallywags!
On the morrow, gents!
Worse than that, @dhd.evans is going to cross the fabled "Bridge of Tay" before he even meets up with us!
Shackleton will have a field day when he hears about this!
Nevertheless, a small group will hopefully be able to avoid the worst depredations of these "The 45" scallywags!
On the morrow, gents!
Fubar
Guru
Not long back - great day, absolutely knackered now! I was pretty slow going home into the headwind, here are my stats for the day: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/615026247
Thanks guys for the company and @Edwardoka for organising, Illustrious Leader
Thanks guys for the company and @Edwardoka for organising, Illustrious Leader
Fubar
Guru
How was your belles ride today Lady T?!?
Not long back - great day, absolutely knackered now! I was pretty slow going home into the headwind, here are my stats for the day: http://connect.garmin.com/activity/615026247
Thanks guys for the company and @Edwardoka for organising, Illustrious Leader
A really great day as @Fubar says, and huge appreciation to @Edwardoka for the organisation.
I have to 'fess up though as I ended up experiencing my first 'clipless' moment in the park on the way back to the car. Man with dog on lead + incompetent cyclist = bloody sore upper arm and hip
Cheers for the assistance @Somebuddy
It was a splendid day out, though the wind was tearing at our bonnets, and we experienced a monsoon near the site of the Battle of Prestonpans, the likes of which I have not experienced since my travels to India to visit my good uncle and his friend, the maharaja. Mostly though, the sun was shining on us, the ladies were in good spirits, and of course the cucumber sandwiches and cakes lived up to our expectations. I hope that Wiggins delivered your share promptly, though your missive seems to suggest that you did not receive it and the accompanying letter. I wonder whether the fellow has gone astray ...
Lady T
Fubar
Guru
I told you Lady T, the Bally fool will have fed it to the pigs or even worse, the natives!
I do hope your Scotch Bonnets survived the battering, glad to hear the sun shone for you and you had a splendid high tea - you'll be pleased to know @Edwardoka and I thumbed our noses at that bounder Scott's Folly, why the coward even has lifeboats! One must question his priorities!
Pip pip for now good Lady, Your servant Lord Brekenwind
Fubar
Guru
A really great day as @Fubar says, and huge appreciation to @Edwardoka for the organisation.
I have to 'fess up though as I ended up experiencing my first 'clipless' moment in the park on the way back to the car. Man with dog on lead + incompetent cyclist = bloody sore upper arm and hip
Cheers for the assistance @Somebuddy
Bet your pride is even more bruised...
Severely @Fubar !!!
Even worse, I'd taken next week off to do the prep work for a new kitchen going in the week after. The arm isn't working properly at all, so the heir will be on a crash course in installing new electrical circuits, carpentry, sanding, painting and floor levelling. He's got a degree in English and Philosophy, so he should be fine
Fubar
Guru
Severely @Fubar !!!
Even worse, I'd taken next week off to do the prep work for a new kitchen going in the week after. The arm isn't working properly at all, so the heir will be on a crash course in installing new electrical circuits, carpentry, sanding, painting and floor levelling. He's got a degree in English and Philosophy, so he should be fine
Ach, it'll be character-building for the lad
Thanks all for the kind words, what started with typical Ed-like farce quickly got better and I'm very glad that everyone had a good time! It's an excellent route apart from Newburgh to Perth but that's not really avoidable - I think towards the end that the diversion would have been too big an ask on the day.
Sorry to hear about your park-based mishap, @GBC - hope you're feeling better soon!
(I knew I should have escorted you to the car park, a ride organiser's work is not over until everyone is safely home!)
Cheers
Ed
Sorry to hear about your park-based mishap, @GBC - hope you're feeling better soon!
(I knew I should have escorted you to the car park, a ride organiser's work is not over until everyone is safely home!)
Cheers
Ed
My dear friend,
Alas, poor Wiggins, it turns out he is not the villain in the mystery of the missing cakes... I've just had word from the stables that he has returned with the steed in tow, both limping. It appears they encountered one of these newfangled machines (I believe it is called an auto-mobile) exiting the gates to your estate at a vigorous speed and tearing round the corner without any regard for man or beast. The steed took a fright at the noisy contraption roaring towards it and Wiggins ended up head-first in the hedge, with the horse fleeing in terror. Poor Wiggins was then too uncertain of the reception he might receive, disheveled and covered in mud as he was, and with the parcel having been thrown into the ditch and somewhat flattened and soaked through. So when he managed to extricate the limping horse from a field of cows it had jumped into in its fright, he decided to turn back and they walked through the night.
I am unaware as to the identity of the bounder who was piloting the auto-mobile in such a reckless manner and did not even stop to inquire after Wiggins's health. But I do believe it was a young man, fresh-faced and beardless, and the vehicle was of a bright yellow colour.
Cook has been despatched to the stables with a poultice (for the horse) and a measure of rum (for poor Wiggins).
Oh well, we shall just have to attempt another cake dispatch following our next ladies' outing. This time we shall be sending my Lord T's footman, Cavendish, instead, as Wiggins is too traumatised for a repeat journey just yet.
I do hope you will regale us with a full account of your adventure, my lady friends were agog at your daring to venture forth into deepest darkest Fife and beyond!
Yours,
Lady T
