Despite disaster before 9am when it transpired Gregg's is being refitted, 4 of us manfully pushed aside the anguish and rolled out in bright but cool conditions. Heading west, Paul, Nige, Mark and I made the most of a tail wind out for an easy ride to Neath before heading north on rolling roads through Resolven to Glynneath. Mark in particular making sure we stayed warm on increasingly saturated roads although we always seemed to be just behind a deluge. Two step climb up the Rhigos with Nige notbaly keeping in touch until at least the first hairpin despite leaving his fast bike in the garage. Gliding down into Treorchy most of us turned into Cwm Farm Shop; Nige going so fast at this stage he sailed straight past. Refueling with apple pie and custard, just like Tadej does, we were ready for a final ascent of the Bwlch and an astounding descent by me to beat Paul to the bottom which was in no way due to traffic, and entirely my awesome skills.
I'm unwisely doing an Audax with Dave next Saturday and there is as much chance of me turning up on Sunday as Chris Frome finishing in the top 150 at the tour so please post an exciting Pacer's route in my absence.
