With the captain out of action for a while and Greg not out only 5 out today,
Mark R
Paul R
Chappers
Reece
and myself
No route sorted so a quick chat and off to Swansea we went. Out of Brackla round Bridgend to Park street and on to the A48 Stormy down. A good pace as we set off and just before Margam a tractor over took us and the shout went out 'get on the tractor'. Well from Margam and down to Harbour way a rapid speed was maintained and as luck would have it ( i think!!) he was going down Harbour way. We all kept on and with some sprinting to get back on at every roundabout we followed most of the way. Reece Paul and myself fell off the back at a set of lights as we slowed but the lights changes. Mark and chappers managed to get back on for the last bit before we turned off at The Baglan Energy park, we regrouped and carried on. We carried on and turned off at Llansamlet with Chappers leading the way through to Swansea bay. As we arrived here a bit quicker than expected we turned off down to Mumbles heading for Bracelet Bay. Mark soon took the front and put in a long turn on front holding circa 27MPH most of the way !!!. A set of road works slowed us a bit as we had to filter the large traffic jam but then we got back up to pace and down to Bracelet Bay. Lovely weather as got there so we sat outside on table 88 where crumpets seemed to be the order of the day. Up to this point the average speed was 20.4MPH for the 35mils completed so far. As we sat out side chappers got the team photo before we headed back home. The trip back was just as fast but we seemed to catch most of the lights on red till we cleared Swansea. As we approached the lead up to Harbour way we caught up with 2 new friends as we said to jump on the back, the trip back along Harbour way was a quick pace with strong turns from all in particular Chappers. I think our new friends might have regreted tagging on at this point. As we went up towards Margam we turned off for a trip round Porthcawl but Mark had to get home so went straight on. Our 2 new friends followed us but chappers put some more hard efforts in and they were gone. As we dropped into Portcawl we stopped at Picalos for coke and icecream in the sun. We then headed back home and on getting home it was a ride with a + 20MPH average.... my legs are sore!!!! Thanks for the ride today all, good work by all.... im shattered.....If ive missed anything feel free to add your comments. Captain take it easy and see you soon.
