It was a great ride, although with a few little mechanicals (me included when my front bike light Topeak Bar-X-tender decided to make a bid for freedom only a couple of miles from HPC), and quite a bit of drizzle. The weather wasn't quite bad enough that I regretted going, but it did need some light waterproofs, otherwise I would have got wet and cold. The waterproofs both kept me from getting wetter, and were a windproofing layer.
The weather couldn't quite decide whether to be wet or dry, so we had several drizzly bits, which managed to continue for me right up until my front door!
As ever, many thanks to all those who led, TEC'd, or were human signposts, especially after a couple of consecutive mechanicals meant that people were left waiting quite a while for the group to catch up (or in User10571's case a very very very long time, since we didn't seem to go the same way as him. I still haven't worked that one out).
Also special thanks to Adrian for showing me the route from Bromley to Croydon, which is much more pleasant than the Victoria Station to Croydon route I was planning on taking, and several miles shorter to boot.
A fine, if little damp, outing to Whitstable
here goes...I may be some time.
