I'm calling today’s ride nostalgia. the reasons will be apparent when your partners have read it to you.
This week’s turnout was nowhere as well supported as last week, but there was still enough for three groups of cyclists and a weekly coffee morning one .
Those present where HRH Dave H and D M - the coffee morning group, Steve Tan - the soloist as he was riding the long way home due to prior commitments, then there’s the young group consisting of Nick, (who’s definitely Benjamin Button) , Toby and Chris who’s definitely young . And finally the new group ,which consisted of myself and Dave Pipe - the nostalgic group, as we chose a very old destination which the club have been frequenting for millenia, The Burtphore, but now known as the Bhurty .
I need to mention noticing the cost of living crisis here . When I first frequented this dinner venue a curry. ( this was the pubs signature dish back in the day) and cordial and soda was about a tenner - 50 pence for the drink. Today’s price £2.50 for the drink and 20 pounds for the curry. I think this another pub that’s sold it’s soul to become more of a up market eating place, but that said, it’s still very good. Dave H, please don’t start a petition to have me assassinated, that pun is also a nostalgic thing as the long standing club members won’t have a bad word said about the pub .
Enough waffle about the pub. The route we took was from Rose Farm out through the sunny Cheshire set countryside via Oulton park , Wettenhall , towards Nantwich then on to Aston and our destination the Bhurty. The ride was at a nice steady pace. This was because I could lead at my pace and listen to Dave’s sat nav telling me which direction to go -another experienced cyclist adapting to modern technology. DH had offered me his paper Garmin, but we had no suitable storage containers with us so we used modern technology. And my pace was due to another modern bit of technology. Dave’s fitted his own motor to his bike and ,wow ,he should patent it as it’s a phenomenon as he can cycle at speed. If it was in my village the said riders would be young dressed in black head to foot and balaclava clad .
The food came and went as we chatted about all sorts then we started to head for the home leg where the expected weather change happened - wind, heavy rain and a temperature drop. But after only one of Dave’s legendary wardrobe changes (another bit of nostalgia to those that know him), we continued towards Rose Farm via Wrenbury ,Cholmondeley and Beeston . And now the main reason now for the name nostalgic group. Dave mentioned a nice little coffee and cake break like the days of old, so we detoured to Tilleys at Banbury. So, once caffeinated, we set off again to our homeward destinations.
I left my cycling partner of old at Utkinton to cycle to my car. Anyway, a fantastic nostalgic cycle day and the speed was average 0 to 30 and distance around 40 for Dave and 50 for me .
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