Jim and Brian cycled across from Waverton and met up with Mike in Rose Farm cafe. Two folks wanted to get back early for domestic duties; we haven't quite trained our families into leaving Thursdays sacrosanct for cycling. We had maps; weather was good, so we set off North by NW or was it South by SW towards Tarporley.
On the 13 August ride Brian had been compared to Contador for his sprints, but this time he led off directly into the wind to shield the others, just like George Hincape leading out Cavendish. Next month you WILL see him on the Tour of Britain. That's Brian as a marshal, not Cavendish. Work done, Brian peeled off to let the others ride off into the sun …..
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….. past the Shady Oak, round Beeston Castle and down into Tattenhall. Then we crossed the A41 to Clutton and Tilston. Just south of Tilston we had noticed a feature on the map called Overton Scar and with memories of such features in the Dales being very scenic we set off south. What a disappointment; it turned out to be a low tree lined bank - I suppose the nearest you get to a scar in this part of the world. By now it was almost lunchtime and the Old Fire Station in Malpas was beckoning. All roads to Malpas are up so we were ready for a cuppa and a breather when we got there.
This was as far as we were going south, so after lunch we went through No Mans Heath, back across the A41, and skirting Bickerton Hill and Bolesworth Castle we were back in Tattenhall.
Resisting the temptations of the Ice Cream Farm, we took the lane to Hargrave and found ourselves really close to Walk Mill. As Jim hadn’t been before and we had a small amount of time left, we called in for a coffee and a piece of non fattening chocolate cake. At this point we separated and arrived home pretty much on time.
Around 40 miles and a pleasant sunny day.
JD
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