These days, for the most part, I tend to prefer cycling in company.  Oh how times have changed.  Or maybe there’s just more company to be had?

When it comes to today’s ride, I’m very tempted to go with what he said since let’s face it – it pretty much sums it up.

Of course it forgets to mention a few things.  Like the fact that we bumped into the Mendip Classic Car Tour who were clearly running a route that went counter directionally to ours so I got to see lots of lovely classic cars.  Now, if I had a car like, lets say, the old classic TVR that went past, and was doing a rally with lots of my friends, I’d have a bl**dy great grin on my face as I showed off my pride and joy to the world.   So why so miserable folks?  There was but one exception the the rule – the pair in a convertible whatever it was with big silly hats on who were happy to smile and wave back at us – chapeaux to you 🙂  I’ll let the little group of three cars that had pulled over,  with all their drivers all huddled around the mechanically challenged one, off though.  Mind you they were friendly enough as we offered to help.  Not that we’d probably have been of much use anyway but hey, it’s what you do.

Something else he won’t have mentioned, since for once I chose not to moan about it….is that my knee was playing up on the way out, enough for me to be considered taking painkillers not long before we got to the Ten Commandments Café.  Thou shalt not……………* *(insert anything that you might actually have wanted to do here) posters abounded.  I forgot though, being busy laughing at the place, and the knee was fine all the way home.  Even over Brent Knoll.  Go figure!

Cycling time: 2:20 hrs
Distance: 38.11 miles
Avs: 16.3 mph
ODO: 8395 miles

It was a time critical ride as I had to be back in time to take eldest to the airport – hence an unappealing 8:30am start.  Needs must etc..  We were in fact back half an hour early, but it would only have taken one puncture to put a spanner in the works – that’s why good plans have contingency built into them.  And by the looks of things, even wind-hindered, we weren’t hanging around.  See I cycle faster in company too.  GB’s route was a bit different, without being difficult, which suited me down to the ground, and he did a good job with the black armbands too.  I may have had to wear it black on black but I was at least wearing one.  Another nice ride – done 🙂