Todays ride was with Stroud Valley Vellos with
@Frazzle and
@Donger and Rob H meeting me at Asda on the Kingsway at 08:00 but for a change
@Frazzle was last to arrive. He turned up saying he was at my house waitng lol.
Just before we all set off for the ride to Stroud that the rain started and i had no weather gear or any form of mudgaurds on the bike. I certainly didnt expect any rain at all after listening to reports yestderday.
We went through Standish and Stonehouse to get to Stroud hoping to stay out of any wind as of last time when we went down the A38.
We got to the Lock Keepers in plenty of time. There turned out to be 6 in the chilled or leisure group today with Jason acting as leading.
The ride was due to be a short ride of just 20 miles, which is the reason we cycled over to increase the milage done. From the centre of Stroud it was out to Cainscross then towards the A38. We turned off at the Eastington roudabout and headed to Whitminster where we crossed the A38. From here it was to Saul and after the ride passed the River Severn [where I stopped for a quick photo] and on to Frampton where this time there was no hold up going over the canal. Unlike the last few times.
It was back to crossing the A38 and downhill towards Eastington and back the way we came back to the Lock Keepers.
At the Lock Keepers we stopped for a Hot Chocolate or Coffee and sat by the canal for a chat discussing which way the four of us were going home. The decision changed several times as we were watching the skies filling with the black clouds. In the end we opted to go back via Ruscombe instead of Edge.
I got split from
@Donger and
@Frazzle and Rob at the beginning of Ruscombe as I was totally in the wrong gear and came to a grinding halt. So I went back to the beginning and went again just so that I could say I went up in one go. Not that it made much diffence ans i had to dismount 3 times due to 2 cars doing a 3 point turn in front of me. Also I had a car come through a bit close so i stop aand dismounted to make sure that I was going to be ok.
When I got to the top the others were sat on benches waitng for me lol. After a few minutes chat we set off again up Whiteshill and headed for home.
All in all a great ride as always with
@Donger and
@Frazzle and Rob H, and for me it turned out to be 40.5miles and a average speed @ 13.7 mph I think.
After todays ride it takes me past August 2015s total and I still have a ride on Wednesday with Eastgate to go.
I`m not out next weekend as I`m off to Silverstone at the Moto GP and Ive got no way of taking the bike . But at some stage I will get the bike there to have a sneeky ride around the circuit.
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