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this is a good example of why Paul was a mascot and a legend for the forum.. the story behind this photo is that seven of us hooked up in the last weekend of October to ride to Cambridge on what we had hoped was the last day of summer. It turned out to be the first bleak day of winter. You can see Caleb is freezing his tits off. Me and jimbilly bailed about 30 miles in cos of knee problems that the biting cold winds weren't helping. We took the train to cambridge and got some beers in and waited for the others to come. Caleb, Crispin, SJ and Lebowski arrived a couple of hours later frozen to the bone and said that Paul was on his way.. which was obviously a bit concerning now it was getting dark. But Paul had felt he was slowing the group down too much (which he was) and as the weather was too cold to be hanging around he had told everyone to carry on and he'd make it to Cambridge at his own pace. An hour later he appeared at the window of the pub and he came in grinning to cheers.
The reason he had found it hard going was that it was the first ride he'd done out of London since he'd been out of hospital after he'd got run over. We only realised when we got to Epping and we couldn't send him back home.. he was determined to do the ride to put it all past him.
Cheers to Paul!
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