There was a lot of 'hollering' but nobody was of a mind to carry on down the hill after you!!
Pacers and Amblers set off together and after a slow start with several red lights in Bridgend the tandem set the pace out towards Ogmore. The climb through Ogmore saw a few pacers off the front but the tandem and rest of the pack catching up through Southerndown. A decent pace saw a split between the Pacers and Amblers and good sharing of the pace on the windy outward leg saw us make good progress to St Athan, Barry and Penarth before crossing the barrage to Cardiff Bay. Tandem still in contact at this point.
Coffee and a selection of expensive cakes in the Norwegian Church fortified us before we headed for home. Through Dinas Powys, Wenvoe and the only real climb of the day at Ton yr Odyn. At this point a group of three went off the front, turns out they were either geographically challenged, hadn't read the route or were relying on Haydn's Garmin for direction ( Definitely not the last one as Haydn's Garmin is back in the factory.......................again!!)
6 of us continued on and by now the early pace was telling on the tandem, at least on the pilot. The drag along the A48 saw Keith and I struggle and we decided to fall back into 'just get it home' mode'
60 miles for the tandem and an enjoyable ride.
