With the national shortage of man up pills hitting the Bridgend region particularly hard this week it came as no surprise that only 6 hardly souls were able to present for duty this morning. Indeed such was the scarcity of the pills there were only 3 to be shared with valiant troubadours prepared to take on that nemesis of the ageing cyclist- rain !
And thus for the first time in many months there were no finishers of the 54 pre ordained gentle miles and no coffee. Scott was the first to fall victim, running out of his pill supply in Treforest, followed by Mark R who left us in Creigiau. When my back tyre exploded soon afterwards that just left Richard D , Richard B and Andy who no doubt would have made it to Dyffryn Gardens but finding the road through St Fagans blocked sensibly called a halt to proceedings and headed home.
I'm reliably informed that Astra Zeneca are putting on a couple of overtime shifts this weekend and so supplies of man up pills will be back on the shelves in time for next Sunday's wonderful journey through the South Wales flatlands 😁
