Sunday’s County Ride
Firstly a huge thank you to all that came along on Sunday’s ride, it was a great turn out. I hope everyone had a good day and wasn’t suffering too much.
The day started in Towcester, I met with Louise Wilson, Tim Redding, James Kent and John Kent at the Towcester services.
We set off towards Silverstone at 09:30. I had to lower the pace of the group, so i could ‘test the water’ with my legs. It turned out to be probably the quickest part of the ride as my knee pains came back within a couple of miles.
We made our way to Stoke Bruerne. At this point we decided to change the route slightly in order to make it to the start of the Brampton Valley way in time. We took a shorter route that took us through Blisworth, Milton Malsor and then into the town. We picked up the Brampton valley way at the very start and followed it through the town, through to Kingsthorpe and finished the first leg in the car park opposite the Windhover Pub. Here we met with everyone else before setting off on the Brampton Valley way.
I had made it further than i thought i was going to, but was unsure whether to continue or not. After a short break, i decided to go on and see how far i could get.
We set off in two main groups along the Brampton Valley way with our sights set on Market Harborough.
The weather was agan very kind, but thankfully a little cooler than earlier in the week.
It was again a fairly sedate pace, but that was all i could manage (appologies to those who were frustrated by this!)
A few riders decided to turn around part way through the ride as they had to cycle back too, in fact they probably covered more distance than most because of this.
After a few hours riding, we made it to the end of the track at Market Harborough.
That wasnt enough for some though, a few decided they were going to cycle all the way back too! (well done those people)
It was a great day, i hope all the others riders had a good day too.
I would like to thank the following people for giving up their time on Sunday to join me on the ride…
Mick
Louise
Keith
Jaqui
Stuart
Dawn
Julie
Darren
Rory
John
James
Tim
Nigel
Steve
John
The entire Roberts family
Lorraine
Thomas
Dorothy
Claire
and Darren for being ambulance and getting me home again.
I hope i havnt forgotten anyone!