Ride report by Mark M
Well it finally happened, the rain stopped and the sun reappeared, so it was a dry and sunny morning that greeted Mark, Chris and Andrew at PC. The fairly strong south easterly wind was cold though and we would be heading into that on our way to Skeyton. We picked up Neil at Gresham Church and continued through Metton, across the B1436 at Felbrigg where Doug joined us, then on to Northrepps, Gimingham, Trunch and Knapton.
Most of the roads had been washed clean by the rain and dried by the wind, but as we went past Honeytop Farm, Edingthorpe, the road was a sea of mud slurry from beet harvesting, so bikes and overshoes were instantly filthy. One of the few benefits of riding on a wet day, is that the bike remains clean due to the constant washing action, that wasn’t the case today and the dried on mud took some getting off back home.
Through North Walsham and out to Lyngate, across a busy A149 and then straight down to Felmingham and Skeyton, here Chris left us to return home as he was off to Spain in the evening to endure 15c temps and pothole free roads. Why Chris why?
Being the first customers into the Goat bang on 12 noon, we saw the wood burning stove was just getting going, so we bagged the table closest to it and warmed up, Andrew took it a stage further and ordered a glass of hot mulled wine, fortunately this week he was able to remove his gloves (don’t ask).
We all had a variation of the wraps with chips and salad and they were very good. A number of other customers had arrived for lunch, which was good to see in January as so many pubs are closing down.
For the homeward leg we would have the wind helping us as we headed west through Buxton, across the A140 and B1149 to Cawston and then north to Itteringham. Neil took the Mannington road back to Corpusty, while the rest continued to Barningham Winter then up Bodham Hill to the pylon (no racing today) and to Red Barn Lane where we waved Doug off into a headwind back to Cromer.
No ride photo today, instead Ian shows off the thorn he pulled out of his tyre after Wednesday’s ride, apparently the tyre went flat overnight, so failed to qualify for this year’s Puncture Challenge!
PC to PC was 50.9 miles at an average 14.1 mph
Riders: Chris S, Andrew B, Mark M, Neil M, Doug H
Club Social Evening Feb 7th – If you plan to be there, be sure to let Mike know you will attend and any dietary requirements, so he has numbers for catering, use the club email: nnwheelers@gmail.com
Full details here: https://nnwheelers.co.uk/2026/01/16/nn-wheelers-annual-club-event-7th-feb/
Upcoming Rides –
Wednesday 28th January – Natural Surroundings, Glandford
Saturday 31st January – Binham Parlour
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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