Only seven riders on this mild but potentially damp morning at the Gallery cafe. Steve Tan walked over to the Gladstone to check for any strays, but none found. The ‘hilly’ roads of Gogledd Cymru probably a bit arduous for some…lol.
Despite the sparse turnout we still had three groups, the brisk duo of Ivan and Nick, the mods, Steve T and Keith. Chris, his mate Ron and myself, the middling group!
I had a ride to Llandegla which I hoped would keep us away
from the forecasted showers. Riding with the brisk lads as far as Northop, I
soon realised that the new lad was a bit quick!
Chris was still nursing a sore knee, so he was at my pace as
we watched ‘rocket Ronnie’ whiz off the front, catching him up at junctions as
he performed a very impressive track stand!
We followed the tried and trusted route up to Gwernaffield,
then down to Loggerheads and finally on the quiet lanes to Llandegla.
Lunch was in the community cafe, Chris of course skipped mains and straight to dessert. Ron told us he worked part time and did a lot of riding, think he said he was up to 5k this year! But the biggest surprise was that he was only 21 - I felt like I was on a ride with my son and grandson…lol
So far, we had only had the slightest of showers and it
stayed that way as we rode on to the Ffrith and down to Hope.
The proper rain came as we arrived back at Hawarden, where
the two lads split for Chester, me
heading for home and a distance of about 54 miles for the three of us.
