Ride report by Doug H
On what can only be described as a traditional ‘not quite sure what the weather is going to do’ Easter Bank Holiday Saturday, Mark, Chris and Andy met at PC. Setting off through Gresham they collected Ian and Neil. With Ian on the orange winter bike following a baffling issue with the pads of his disc brakes. However, he was adorned with his new varifocal, reactolite, side vented, smart looking cycling glasses. Very nice.
The group then headed off via Metton to upper Roughton Road to collect Doug who joined at the back of the group, which then headed into a cold head wind through Northrepps, on to Mundesley, Trunch, and Knapton. Shortly after the group were offered a short cut to lunch, but it was decided to complete the loop via Crostwight, Ridlington then back to Bacton. With the potential of not having a table at Watsons, we upped the pace and at arrival at Bacton, Neil made a dart for the last large table for lunch.
With great relief we arrived ready for lunch. With Ian forgetting his phone the emergency £20 was broken into and we commenced the ordering. Thank you Mark. One would imagine that ordering a mug or pot of tea for one for two, and a pot of tea for two should be relatively straight forward, but not for us. We managed in the end and was astounded at the size of the pot of tea for two, which was meticulously shared. We then endeavoured to eat our way through a very seasonal gift of mini eggs from Ian, who had now, with the impact of photo chromatic changes, began to resembled Austin Powers.
With lunch completed we began the return with the promise of a tail wind, which did its best to allude us. We set off through Edingthorpe, skirting North Walsham on to Briggate and Worstead. At around this point Chris experienced a wobble on his back wheel, and by the time it was diagnosed as needing a closer look, the remainder of the group was gone just leaving Chris and Doug to make the repairs. On inspection, a spoke had broken and with a quick use of a cable tie and a quick snip we were off again. However, with quite a wobbly wheel we slowly got back to the group. We continued on through Swanton Abbott, Skeyton, up to Colby and on to Erpingham. At which point we said goodbye to Neil and Andy, then up via Wickmere with Doug going right to Aldborough and Mark and Ian heading back to PC. A lovely day on the bike.
PC to PC 56.9 miles at an average 15.4 mph
Riders: Chris S, Andy S, Mark M, Ian A, Neil Mc, Doug H
Upcoming Rides –
Wednesday 23rd April – Biagio’s, East Rudham
Saturday 26th April – Mardlers’ Rest, Gressenhall
Routes for rides on the website under Dates and Destinations: https://nnwheelers.co.uk/club-runs/
Visit the Clubs Runs Gallery for larger and more photos: https://nnwheelers.co.uk/club-runs/club-runs-photo-gallery/
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