Sunday 15 May training ride

Four of us met this morning at 9am for our weekly dose of pain no gain and decided to do almost the same route to the one which worked out so well two weeks ago. The route comprises mostly lanes with few main roads and little traffic and the consensus was to do a non-stopper until we were almost back at Epsom before we tucked into our second breakfast of the day. As it happens we were not sure that Nick needed a second filling after the grazing he did the night before at a Eurovision drinking party. Knowing that the training ride was only a few hours later he managed to consume a good mixture of sausage rolls, baked cheese, cheese fondue, pork pies washed down with a selection of European drinks. It sounds like a normal night in for Nick but he does assure me that there were others with him. During the ride his 4th rendition of the Azerbaijan song (they won by the way) simply encouraged us to go faster and leave him at the rear with his favourite tune (ok I made that bit up!).

So back to the ride, on a cool and breezy morning we maintained a good pace, average of 17.5mph covering 49 miles, and eventually rested in Leatherhead at the Sunshine Cafe just across the road from the Weatherspoons (Nick was not tempted with the full English). There we were offered baguettes a foot long filled with bacon and egg....now you know why we wanted to stop closer to home! The cafe was on the sunny side of the street with tables and chairs outside, and reasonably priced.

Thanks Dave, Nick and Luke for a great ride.

ps I would have posted this on the forum but I really can't fathom out how to paste a picture without allocating it a url, which I assume means that I would have to save it on the web somewhere. If someone has found a solution could you please post it on the forum and ask Lisa to set it up so that it appears at the top of the listing with the other stickies.