Lack of ride report make me feel I need to fill in (temporarily)
MEMWNS Compasses Littley Green Feb 17
A longish route out via Hanningfields dodging the frogs and a new discovery of the ford on Sporehams Lane - I'll probably give that a miss in future though it was a nice alternative to the usual trafficked routes to Danbury.
Total count of frogs - lost count, easily over 30!, 3 bunnies and 1 badger, no owls or deer. I passed the Witham peloton making their way up TMNH on my route over to Compasses.
Pic of Frog was the one I saved from sitting in the road after passing him and going 200m down the road before turning round, daft fella was still sat there motionless.... I think they must still be half asleep!
I arrived 15mins later than I wanted to at the pub, Carlos, Andrew & Nik were already in place after I joined them and ordered my Huffer Tom soon joined, followed by Dan and then the rest of the Witham peloton, Jan, Grant, Steve, Hot Black.
Lots of talk about future cycling exploits, at least one trip abroad planned and some good beer quaffed....
A mixed bag of headwind on the way home with some wet stuff thrown in, Vulpine Fortress jersey performed really well in this weather. Considering it was 13MPH gusting 20MPH when I left home, the headwind felt rather tame in comparison.
Side effect of riding fixed for most rides since Xmas was an inability to change gear when required and forgetting I could freewheel! LOL
First time out with the C13 and IQ-X - both worked well I thought!
