Well you all will have read the classics maybe, so here’s a moderate ride short story .
The start of today’s adventure - yes the mods don’t just do cycling - ours seem to turn to adventures - was from Hawarden. Oh dear I’m getting writers block, as I can’t remember the cafe's name as I only remember it by the late Spiros (The Gallery - ed) . The mods / fast group ( they use to be mods + but something has happened and they now have become much quicker) had a mob out going up some fancy Welsh hills, where our trio of adventurers - Trevor, myself and our secretary, Dave .
The aim for us today was to get to Holt have lunch at
Maggie's which we managed starting from Guilden Sutton as we all met there. It
was convenient then ride to Hawarden, but we had a small detour due to road
resurfacing, oh and the usual narky 'I don’t like cyclists' jobs worth who said go
around, so we set off through Saltney ferry then Broughton . Here is where we
just missed a very rare chance to be under the flying Beluga as it came in to
land. A few minutes earlier and we would of been right under the flight
path at it’s lowest before it touched down . This is why I said we had adventures, not just the detour but via very busy roads that where being used by lots of
very civil drivers being so courteous to cyclists as if they hated us like
most people driving on Thursdays .
The trip out was 25 miles for us via Dobshill area
,Penymynydd, Marford, Borras Head to Holt. Thanks Garmin for helping me
remember . Then lunch at Maggies was, as usual, of great standard and as normal
the girls serving did a good job. Chatter was not up to the moderates usual
intellectual offerings as I can’t remember much .
The ride back to Guilden was done without consultation as Dave was happy going straight back but me and Trevor ganged up on him. But due to another road closure at Churton, we didn’t have to hold him down and stand on his balls he just followed chuntering about he would have been happy going straight back, but we had to head for Coddington, Crowley then Tattenhall to get to Guilden Sutton for Dave's passion wagon and Trevor’s house .
The mileage
was around 45.9, as I had cycled to Dave's. The weather today was also a bonus for
us due to the fact that, of late, it was blowing cold and wet, but not today. So yet another
fantastic ride over all sorts of terrains. Up some pimples, down some muddy lanes, bunny hopped a few craters, gave some hand signals to drivers, might have sworn
once or twice, but you know what, it was a good cycling day. So thanks to Trevor and
Dave for decent company and I can’t think of any mods mistakes of leaving items
or not paying or anything daft that seems to follow us around. So next time we
need to find the suspects - obviously as it isn’t any of our trio ?
KB
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