Firstly, thank you to the
tandemistas for granting me day membership to your exclusive circle.
The day was spiffing and memorable for a number of reasons, starting with an early morning E to W jaunt across London to the RV point at Spankers Hill Wood.
Butterfly’s hat (and outfit). Both of which would’ve easily afforded her admission to any wedding reception, had we passed one.
The chance encounter with Emily and Peli atop Spankers Hill as we waited for the arrival of the
tandemistas, while they were off to do something to the hills of Surrey.
The sexiness of Liz n’ Charlottes’s Santana. The engineering detail has to be seen in the metal – pics don’t do it enough justice. ‘Tis a very lovely thing.
Hooning like loons around the Diana Fountain in Bushey Park – can we do that again please?
So’s this time I can catch the tandems?
Liz’s friend Catriona – for going the distance, despite (allegedly) having been misled by 50% about the distance, and being on a bicycle which (following a 200m jaunt on it) Butterfly commented along the lines of “I think I’d be looking to kill someone if I’d had to spend the day riding this…..”
Well done Catriona.
The number of times I heard Thing 1 say on descent “We can’t stop here – this is tandem country”.
Graham's fettling interludes - which allowed me to seek cool shelter in the shadows of trees and elsewhere.
Martin109 friend's extraordinary machine in the early evening sunshine.
Oh yes – unless anyone tells me otherwise – a total lack of moton abuse.
Thanks guys for a great day out. 55 miles door to door.
