Pre France Ride - the Sunday before

Well this was to be the last ride for all of us before the boats set sail to France and the various parties head south from St Malo. And at 8.30am (read 7.30am) it was 2c - nippy! Still with Chris, Helen, Ian G, Gary, Dave and myself all we needed was Lou - yep, not everyone remembers about the clocks going forward!

Fantastic weather (20c) was how it ended with clear blue perfect skies all the way. The ride of 54 miles had 3 big climbs (Ditcham Pk School. Stoner Hill and the Mulberry - a total of some 3300ft of climbing.

Coffee stops in Petersfield and Arlseford kept us going and this ride saw both Gary and Ian make welcome returns to the Sunday cycling scene.


So this was the last ride before the 1075km 'Ride to the Sun' - thanks to all for keeping us company - now for the real thing!

The fours of us, on top of Corhampton Hill

PS - Thanks to Iasn for taking the shot - strange how it had to include a rather weird man with a beard!

Video footage of the ride can be found at Vimeo - https://vimeo.com/39147536