Hello All,
Yes we all had a lovely ride yesterday (that's myself & Ann), meeting Martin in Costa where he gave me a YACF badge
.
We rode the ride and stayed dry all day novel for a summer ride this year.
I loved the route as I was brought up not far from Box Hill. The manager of the bike shop
there, is someone I rode with when I was a member of the Surrey Roads CC in 1978. So we had
to stop and call in to say hello.
I get a bit worried using my Garmin Etrex vista HCx (called monster for short)
in case it does not record properly, but yesterday it did a grand job,
and renewed my confindence it the device.
I'll be back!!! As I now have 2 rides in the bag for one of those badges, and I need something
to keep my motivation going as I would like to get 180AAA's for my 11 month Audax year.
I'm smiling from ear to ear at the moment as last Sunday accompained by BlackSheep I took the ladies
AAA record set in 1998 with a total of 165AAA's.
. I've ridden mostly Stephen Poulton's perms as they are
local so keep cost and time to the minimum. I have had a number of folk riding with me from time to time and all
have looked after me, having a wheel to follow is great. But I also have a virtual back up team, via emails and text messages,
who have followed my adventures. It has been a great cycling year.
Bfn Louise