6 of us out for an impromptu ride today-it's not so lomg ago we might only have had that number on a Sunday!Mark p,Ron,Terry Carrie and I met up for an espresso dopio in Costa Cowbridge then rode through Welsh St D. to Peterston where we met up with Kate.Ron&Terry having time restrictions turned off at St Fagans whilst the rest of us carried on through Fairwater to pick up the Taff Trail at Llandaff North then down to the Bay and over the Barrage.As a slight route variation we tackled Cardiff City Council's answer to the Ventoux where in true hell of the South manner Mark picked up a puncture(rear obviously)which it took the combined efforts of 4 of us half an hour to fix!Luckily Kate has good enough eyesight to detect very small but lethal thorns embedded in a tyre(unlike Mark&myself)We carried on to Dinas P where Mark bought us all coffee as recompense for the delay-don't hope to establish a club tradition there Mark! We then made our way to St Lythans ,Duffryn and back through the lanes.
No idea of distance but after a couple of weeks off the bike and a first outing for my 10 stone(or feels like it)Winter bike it felt a lot!Feeling a bit ill now which I'd like to think was the cause of my less than inspiring performance but I fear it's actually the consequence!(and we all got back before the rain!)
