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It was indeed a terrific ride. With lovely folks, who made it a pleasure to lead. I was well stressed at the start, with lots of unexpected pre ride problems, some work based, some domestic, compounded by loads of last minute texts from people wanting information about the ride. Ended up leaving my camera and water bottle behind. So if anyone has any photos, I'd love you to email me them care of lewishamcyclists@gmail.com
Views were terrific. Weather great. Company lovely, so once the wheels were rolling, all the stress of the day just floated away. Quite a big group, but my fears about crossing some of the busy roads were unfounded. More is best in terms of stopping cars, sometimes. Most of us completely shown up on the hill climbs by a young lad on an Islabike, must have been all of eight or nine years old at the most!
Two hours kip then out to backmark the MM ride. That was good too.
We didn't do the folly, I don't have the contact and anyway, personally, I prefer the ride without now, because I have seen it already, so for me it just slows the ride up, especially with a big crowd. (Selfish of me, I know). However, it is terrific, and we may try and slot it in again. Person (very kind and generous bloke) who owns the garden within which it sits has quite a good collection of bikes, including, I think, a Pedersen.
Always our afterworker Bike Week Ride if you want to bookmark it for next year.