Welcome to another ACG ride.  Aka The Fast Show.  For many reasons, including the obvious one.  Here’s some names to conjure with: Paul, Paul, Martyn, Guy, Jon, and Rob (collected en route).  All of whom make a pretty evenly matched peloton…until you get to me that is!

It was scorchio.  I seriously considered getting my coat and bailing on the way out, but after a chat with our esteemed ride leader, I was persuaded to stay, on the proviso that they would wait for me at the top of whatever hills there were.  I am not putting myself down, or even playing the self-deprecating card – I am being a realist and I know my limits.  So there 😛

And it worked out.  It may not have been brilliant, but it was pretty good all things considered.  G did indeed stand for Group, I rode my bike in the sun, and I reckon with all the effort I put in keeping up, I properly earned the couple of pints I consumed later outside the pub with my folks and the mob 😀

Cycling time: 2:55
Distance: 49.1 miles
Avg: 17.0* mph
ODO: 5977.7 miles

(*that’s the speed my Garmin said when I got home before I forgot to turn it off!)