Despite some of our regulars being unavailable we still managed to muster 6 machines on the road last night - me, huggy, bobb, Beer Fueled Commuter, AndyC33 and Tomsk.
Keen to pursue my new policy of sitting at the back chatting I requested a gentlemanly pace, a request that was largely ignored. I did manage some chatting interspersed with grabbing large lungfuls of air! The weather was unseasonably mild and jiber's route went down well.
Once we got to the Woolie we lied about us all being CAMRA members so were granted access to their mini-beer fest. jibers and his lovely WAG Josie soon rocked up and a most convivial evening commenced.
The Witham peloton took a direct route back which saw us returning home on a Wednesday.
Although I say so myself I'm rather pleased with my new Christmas jumper cycling jersey ...