Annual Trough of Bowland ride

[GillP]

Mmm cake, see you in the morning 

[toekneep]

Umm, beer, wine, live band at the pub, oh dear. See you in the morning.

[toekneep]

They say small is beautiful and our small group of five had a ride in beautiful weather and in beautiful scenery. Thanks to RdaviesB and Helen, Meddyg and GillP for a great social ride. The hills didn't seem too hard and the cafe and pub stops were a social and gastronomic delight. In other words, a typical YACF ride. Thanks guys.

[rdaviesb]

It certainly was a great day. GillP conquered all the hills, even the ones she thought she couldn't get over on her Bianchi, my other half completed her first ride over 6 miles for a year (and we got the tandem over all the hills as well  ), MeddyG acted as photographer extraordinaire (hopefully they'll be posted when he gets back to a PC), and Toekneep was his usual exemplary self as ride leader and witty raconteur.  To cap it all it didn't rain! But there again it hardly ever rains in Lancashire nowadays......

[jogler]

To cap it all it didn't rain! But there again it hardly ever rains in Lancashire when TKP organises a ride nowadays......

FTFY
I'm chuffed for you all

[Deano]

Wot, no pictures?

[GillP]

Wot, no pictures?

There will be pictures, eventually Dean. TKP took some and so did Meddyg but he is away from home til next week.

[toekneep]

I am too tired to load the pictures. 

I joked last week about our next achievement being a back to back 100km not realising that I would actually be doing it this weekend.  I've just stupidly gone out on a club run with three younger riders and I nearly died. If I can move tomorrow I may try to put some pics up.

[rdaviesb]

Good grief man! If you've had the same weather joys to deal with as I have today then have you will have had "fun".

I'm off for a piece of the mythical CAKE.

[toekneep]

Good grief man! If you've had the same weather joys to deal with as I have today then have you will have had "fun".

I'm off for a piece of the mythical CAKE.

We were really lucky. Well if you can call horrible head winds lucky. What I mean is we didn't have any rain. If you commuted today then you have nothing but admiration from me.

[meddyg]

There are worse ways to get to Yorkshire from Preston ! The sun was shining however; I had to take off my YACF sweater in Morrison’s car park there. I was the only one not equipped with pork based snacks (I wasn’t briefed about this YACF snack code – I thought it was cake).

‘Mum, I’m going to meet some people I’ve met on the net in a supermarket car park in Preston, tomorrow…’ ‘Are you sure that’s safe, dear?’ –‘I’ll let you know at the end of the day…..’

I thought we were stopping at ‘The Chip Inn’ on the way back. Turned out to be Chipping –which is another ‘honey pot’ village with Tea  and souvenir shops… 

photos follow...

[rdaviesb]

....waits by computer...........

[toekneep]

You might have to wait a little longer, they are coming to me first and then from me to here via Picassa. I reckon they'll be up before Christmas. 

[meddyg]

It's not Christmas yet; but the warmth of that day is fading in my memory....




evidently the tandemists


this is rather nice; tandemists lead Tony and Jill up the brew
steep downhill, cattle grid on the bend and grunty hill




and that's Jill modelling Freckleton chaingang's new shirt



I don't think there's a photo fo Tony - how did that happen?
There's always next year
moi, meddyg, scene of boyhood trips with dad, the primus and sausages

[toekneep]

Thanks Meddyg, my apologies, I completely forgot about putting up the photos. It was nice to be reminded of a great cycling day. Especially as there is frost on the cars here this morning.

[rdaviesb]

Sorry to bump an old thread, but I found these on the camera this morning.

toekneep



meddyg



gillp



toekneep and gillp

[onb]

I think thats the first time I have seen Gill not wearing a YACF top.