It was surprisingly cold last night but the seven us who turned up at the Spa Road roundabout weren't surprised when Gavin turned up wearing shorts and no gloves
Anyhow we had a brisk ride west, then north, then east, north a bit more and east before finally turning south towards the pub. As soon as Oaky and huggy saw a sign saying "Stisted" the route I had lovingly prepared was abandoned. However Grey Sheep and I pressed on thru a number of villages with "Green" in their name. We finally got The Onley half a pint after the rest of the peloton by which time we had 30 miles on the clock.
The pub was fine, the owners have clearly spent a fortune on the renovations. But despite their efforts they had failed to load their specially brewed beers onto Untappd
The conversation revolved around the usual topics except for me and huggy bullying Straggles and The Doctor's Dad into coming to the velodrome next week. huggy and Tomsk did a roaring trade in jerseys, brevet cards and AUK badges. The pub owners are going to be well shocked when their bar staff turn up for work today in ACME kit.
Did I mention how cold it was? Brrrrrrr!