I was right - it was a good day for a bike ride.
Rebecca and I rolled up to Berkhamsted around 10:10 where Jay and his compatriots were already waiting, and then the trains arrived and a smorgasbord of cyclists disemebarked. Other's such as Davy merely got a lift in a car.
Charlie rattled off his safety talk
and then we were off.
I was vaguely amused that DZ was marking the first turn........
Most of the roads we went on were fairly familiar so I didn't really need to do much but pedal away. As mentioned above, there are more and more cyclists around the local area. When the CTC group went past after Mentmore, I was chatting away to the leader, and he commented about what a wide range of bikes we had, and I did say that sensibly, taking account of the area, we all seemed to have gears. He was riding fixed, and the others were single speed. Oops.
The pub was nice, although it was a shame they decided to not bother with the pre-ordering of food. I know Susie was worried they might not be able to cater for her & DZ, having not been on the list, list, so luckily we didn't have to resort to
Plan B.
For anyone who didn't go into the gents, they had an interesting picture:-
Waddesdon is always nice to cycle through, and someone monitoring the cameras seems to eventually open up the gates - which is nice.
Rebecca & I headed off at Stoke Mandeville as we had a 20 mile ride back home into the headwind. Anyway, it was a lovely day out, so thanks Charlie and everyone else.
The rest of my photos can be seen
here.