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Hill Wimp
Fair weathered,fair minded but easily persuaded.
Lovely photos Tim. Must remember to turn my ringtone up next timeMeanwhile, back at Saturday's ride. That was a lovely day. I cycled over from Beckley, about 20 miles from Ashford, where I'd been staying with friends. Bumped into Stu on the run into Ashford, then milled around drinking coffee and talking nonsense, until it was time to go. A nice genteel pace saw us escape into the country and Romney Marsh, where we stopped by the Royal Military Canal and St Rumwold's Church.More flat land, with not too many cars and then we were at the seaside, toughing it out into the headwind. Coffee and weather forecast cake (lemon drizzle. Badoom-tish, blame Stu for that one), then I nipped back to look for the Pluto House.
(I reckon Another Ride would be to trace bits of the Pluto route). Into the desert that is Dungeness Nature reserve, where I paused to photograph Derek Jarman's House and Garden,
after which I raced to catch the rest of the bunch. I found User10571, so then we were two. After that it all got a bit Walkabout, although to be fair neither of us look like Jenny Agutter. Questions were asked of Nature Reserve Wardens (2), Small Boy (1) & Bird Watchers (3), all of which agreed some cyclists had passed that way, although it seems that none of these cyclists would answer their phones. We gritted teeth and hooned along the coast road, finally slotting in to the back of the bunch like we'd never been gone as we got to the sea wall at Camber. From there a pleasant spin along the wall, then down onto the cycle track and finally into Rye, where I had a quick pint before nipping back to Beckley for a party.
Thanks @Hill Wimp for setting this up. Thanks everyone else for making it a great day. (For those who don't know, I was the one in the YACF top riding the M Steel fixer)
More pics are here
thank you.
