Chiltern Hundreds CC Ride 7 June 2009

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Blimey, went back to bed for an hour with thunder and lightning all around, and woke up again to this:

If it wasn't for Ian's sore knee I would have sworn I'd dreamt the whole thing at 7am this morning. Never mind.

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Peter

Senior Member
Back home now - showered & fed (more toast & coffee).
Sorry to hear about your "off" Ian. The roads were a bit waterlogged. A30 near Vriginia Water was under a foot of water. On the way back at Bracknell a car decided that roundabouts weren't for him and smashed into the chevrons on the island.

B&D - are you going to reschedule? Saturdays are better for me this month.
 
Weather's closing in again now, but I did manage to get out with a pal for 45 miles in the area just south of the ride, around Amersham.

Turned out quite bright in the end, but had to turn back a couple of times where run-off water had turned minor roads into foot-deep ponds, and on all the roads we had to negotiate a sludge of gravel and twigs, served in a sauce of slimy clay mud and semi-composted vegetation, washed from the hedgerows and verges by the morning inundation.

B&D
 

Auntie Helen

Ich bin Powerfrau!
Well I've just come in from a rather pleasant 20 mile ride around the roads here with blue skies and puffy white clouds, although some darker clouds visible upwind.

This morning, after I had decided not to come on the ride, I set off for church in my normal cycling gear. Halfway there a cloud dropped its entire contents on me and I had the dubious pleasure of sitting in church with wet tights and underwear. I got a bit chilled and thought what a good thing it was that I wasn't cycling 50 miles in that weather.

By the time I was cycling home and had warmed myself up the weather had improved and I began to think I might have missed a good ride. Seems like we could have done the ride after all, but hindsight is a marvellous thing!
 

stevevw

Guru
Location
Herts
Well I am back from Manc now. Sorry to hear of Ian's off and glad you all managed to get home safe. Shame you could not go ahead B&D after all your hard work you put in and I do know what has to be done before one of these rides can go ahead. Good news for me though not missing a ride that I wanted to do very much.

If you want to try again next Sunday or the following Saturday I would be up for that B&D :smile:
 

MacB

Lover of things that come in 3's
Hi folks, sorry about your off Ian, hope no lasting damage, like you the thunder and lightning stopped me. Unlike you I hadn't left the house, but I'd been up since 0500 and it just wouldn't stop lashing down. As it was heading North I figured cycling was just going to be too dangerous. When I got the text from SD that just made up my mind.

Peter, sorry I thought you'd had the text from SD/Ian re the off and t&L, my fault should have forwarded to you.

Typical, I went back to bed and woke up to sunshine, a couple of short sharp showers is all we've seen all day. But that heavy stuff came through here from about 0300hrs and it was heavy. I did a few miles pootling this afternoon and a lot of stuff was washed onto roads plus some very deep puddles.
 
bleakanddivine weather - what more could one expect?
At least I stripped my blue bike down and greased the bits and bobs.

I now have a clean,squeaky bike...:biggrin:
 

CharlieB

Junior Walker and the Allstars
bleakanddivine said:
NB This is a Sunday ride, rather than the usual Saturday.

Chesham is a posh, historic old town, even the bike stand facilities are crenellated:

Chesham: Posh? Historic?
Have you seen it on a Friday night (or for that matter any night) when the chavs roll out of the pubs? :rolleyes:
 

stevevw

Guru
Location
Herts
Aperitif said:
Places are always posh when the mouseketeers are in town Charlie...if we can find it, we'll make it posh! :smile:

Unless the Fatketeers turn up and lower the tone. :tongue:

B&D any news when you can re schedule this?
 
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