So last night a hardy (some might say foolish) peloton of four formed at Spa Rd, 3 willing participants in myself, Andy C33 and BFC and one bullied into it participant in OD
he loved it really having been informed that it was - 3 degrees we set off into the freezing fog towards TMNH.
Having made our ascent we headed off down towards
Hurrells Doggers Lane to see if the cold weather may mean a quiet night at the ford...... We can report there was the customary white transit plus a couple of other cars, on the other side of the ford myself and OD decided with the road surface a bit slippery we would be best off walking a little bit further up the hill before remounting onto our steeds and we then took the executive decision to cut the pre-planned route short and head straight to see Wally at The Cats with the temperature now ranging between -5/-7
Upon pitching up at The Cats we saw Oaky's bike parked up and a fluorescent Jiber demounting and locking up his bike, as we decanted into the open fire warmth of The Cats a couple of pints of IPA were most welcome and a good chat was had once Tomsk arrived through the cold on a number of different topics with OD filling us in a bit more on his Epic adventure ideas for later in the year plus coming out with the quote of the evening when he announced he would be 'going down' on Penelope.......
As home time arrived Oaky and the BFC decided they hadn't consumed enough ale so decided to stay on whilst the rest of us made our way outside to iced bikes and frozen solid water bottles in -5 degrees and a gentle ride back saw us part ways with Jiber and Tomsk as myself, OD and Andy C33 arrived back into Witham before the clock struck 12.....
Another top night as usual and a cracking attendance given the weather particularly from Tomsk and Jiber who rode solo