11, riders headed out yesterday with eccleshall the destination.
The weather soon turned, and was definitely worse than the forecast indicated, but at least it was pretty mild.
Rich Coates wanted to be back for some scalextric racing on the telly, so we left him at the black lake, and we headed into stone via the downs banks.
As we were getting damper by the minute, we made a unilateral decision to get to the cafe pronto.
A new cafe to us on the high street, I didn’t remember its name, was very welcoming, and they even managed to cope with mr Coghill’s inattentivenous. Good food and coffee served, and some Sunday lunches were drooled over.
Getting back on our steeds we headed out of town for swynnerton, and barlaston, for the drag back up to Meir Heath.
A brief respite up the hill for the railway crossing and we were back on our way.
A regrouping at the windmill, and we decided to come back via foxfield and carsa, then werrington and denford.
It was just as we set off down Grindley lane that the heavy rain kicked in, and continued pretty much all the way home, and the rim brake mafia were cossing a little about a lack of stopping power.
As we came into leek, we started ditching riders as they headed home for a dry and warm up, for a reasonable 53ish miles, with some returnee riders (Stuart and Gareth), and Rosie showing she’s a strong rider yet again.
A good ride folks. No piccys today, PG