A slightly earlier start from Witham for Oaky & Huggy last night to allow for 2 gratuitous ascents of NH (only Oaky) and more drinking time.
Sight 1 for the evening at the bottom of NH was a very oddly parked Focus Estate nose down in a ditch, difficult to understand how or why it ended up in such a position for the stretch of road, just glad that we weren't any earlier starting out
The brief rest at the top of NH led to the discovery of a slow puncture on H's front wheel; maybe the Marathon Plus tyre investment will be sooner rather than later!
A short refreshment stop was made at the Dog & Gun - a friendly gastro pub with suitable rest area for cyclists
Sight 2 was a road caution sign warning of toads crossing ahead, sure enough several migrating toads were on the road - avoided all little green hazards on two wheels, wonder how many would have survived 4 wheels passing by
We arrived at the Compasses to be greeted by Chief and the first of 4 pitchers of ale was ordered
The ale of most consumption was interestlngly named 'The Compasses', a very drinkable 3.6% refreshing beer. A jug of mild was 2nd up before returning to The Compasses to wash down bowls of chips and pickled eggs.
Departure was around midnight after topping up the air pressure in H's front tyre (return trip home successfully negotiated without further top ups, but pancakes come to mind this morning
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Sight 3 was a barn owl spotted by Oaky, it was thought that it may follow us for a while but we obviously weren't interesting enough for it!
So another pleasant MEMWNS evening out
