So the forty-something cycling group has started a little late this year partly as a result of Steve's dodgy back and my work travel. However, this weekend just gone we had a fab time, but first a welcome, to Brendan "Bren" Young who has joined the rabble. The four Muskateers?!! Bren is a lovely bloke with a great sense of humor and he supports the right football team so we have lots in common!
So this weekend saw the traditional first group ride of the year out at Grafham. The weather was amazing and after meeting up, the usual mooching around the expensive and generally out of reach bike porn in the shop, we hit the cafe and then the bogs before the off. In spite of Steve's concerns about his back the group managed two full laps together, each taking around an hour. The last third of the final lap, every time we stopped we seem to get over taken a couple in their sixties with him pulling the grandkids in a trailer. It was a great sense of achivement the managed to overtake them again just before the finish!!! I hope I'm able to pull the grandkids round there in trailer when I'm in my sixties!
After recovery, we headed off back to my place (not for much longer!) all hit the shower and some Stellas and agreed that our weekend of June 2nd would be based at Sherwood Pines which is flat (important for Steve's back) and not too tough, as the training schedule is running rather behind. I'm sure that will be the subject of a later post.
With that agreed, we headed off for a cheap but very cheerful Indian here in Willingham, then into Cambridge to hit some of the pubs. I did warn the guys that there were some amazing young girls down there who had some incredibly short skirts and high heels. The boys were not disappointed ;-)
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