Ride report by Andy S
Four members met at P.C. this Wednesday morning: Mark, Chris, Andy and new member Les. The morning gave a dull but dry start with a threat of rain coming in with the south westerly wind at around 1.00pm. With the temperature around 18/19 degrees it was starting to have the feel of early autumn.
We headed off through the lanes to Baconsthorpe and Edgefield. On the lane down to Little Barningham Chris’s rear gear cable snapped leaving him with the chain stuck in the smallest gear. So Chris had to do the remainder of the ride stuck in a very high gear (good TT training Chris!!). Hats off to Chris, he did it.
The route went past Mannington Hall, Calthorpe, Ingworth and along Carr Lane, at the back of Blickling estate, where a lot of sand and gravel from the recent rains made the going tricky. Then up to the main Aylsham road and onto Oulton which took us to the Norwich road. After crossing this the last two miles to Cawston was into a stiff headwind giving us a good appetite for our lunch at All Things Nice.
Lunch was cups of tea all round with a selection of healthy fry ups in baps. The conversation was as varied as usual with pending trips to Italy and France, car museums at Caister and Les moving into his new house at Sheringham.
With lunch finished Chris was off as usual to finish his TT training on his fixed gear bike. The remaining three set off out of Cawston, over Brandiston Common , where we got a great view of Booton Church and its ornate towers. Onto Booton and Reepham which seemed to be invaded by roadworks and detours.
Just out of Reepham it started to rain so raincoats on. By the time we got to Guestwick the rain had stopped and the clouds had cleared (rain coats off). We went onto Briston before heading up the long drag to Edgefield. Once again Mark made a good pace up the hill, when he put his chain onto the big chain ring I knew he meant business and off he went. One day I will get there first!
Andy S left at this point to roll down to Corpusty leaving Mark and Les to make their way back through Plumstead, up the Barningham Rd to Mill Lane over to East Beckham and back to P.C.
PC to PC was 47.8 miles at an average 15.1 mph (15.5 Out, 14.7 Back)
Riders: Andy S, Chris S, Mark M, Les B
P.S. Vuelta d Espana daily highlights on Channel 5 at 7-8pm, then Tour of Britain ( Sept 2nd to 6th) highlights on ITV4 at 8-9pm
Chris recommends a visit to: https://www.caistercastle.co.uk/motor-museum
Upcoming Rides –
Saturday 5th September – Red Lion Café, Coltishall
Wednesday 9th September – Natural Surroundings, Bayfield
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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