Well.......I'm back in one piece.
Damn it's hot out there!
Neck seems OK so far.

Only did 5 miles around the Marshes and picked a newspaper up in the village.
Averaged 12.2 mph on my hybrid.
Overtook two 'proper' cyclists who drafted me in towards Velator Quay. We had to stop because of traffic and the one pulled up alongside for a chat. I told him it was my first time out in over a year and I'd suffered severe neck problems which had kept me off my bike.
He said that I'd been getting a fair old lick on.
I'll take that as a success!