Todays Ride in the Fog

Thanks to Craig for uploading the Garmin stats and route details.

The weatherman had promised sunshine, fog and sub-zero temperatures, and that's exactly what Robbo, Craig, Chrissy, Vino, Cabbage, Lantern, Mike and Ronnie got today. Observant readers will note that le Patron was absent from today's proceedings. Alas the Granddaddy of the peloton had succumbed to a virulent dose of cyclist's lung, and was laid up on the sofa with only a Rush DVD box set, a jar of Vicks and a packet of tissues for company......

Meanwhile, the Crapi's threaded their way gingerly up hill and down fog shrouded dale and on through the backwaters of Shropshire. The Candle was regrettably snuffed out early, when a momentary lapse of concentration resulted in a close encounter with Craig's back wheel, and an even closer encounter with the cold hard tarmac. Undeterred, he brushed himself down, straightened his diminished but still usable wick, and ploughed stoically on.

The rest of the ride was a blur (no really it was, my eyes didn't stop watering it was that cold) and I'm confident that the Lantern will shortly let us have his unabridged fairytale version of events for the fiction lovers amongst you. We also managed to get a few pics of today's ride, and I'll post these up once official photographer Ronnie sends them to me.