Tony returns 10 September

Great to see Tony King out again on this mornings early bird ride.Myself and Paul K were a bit tired due to the Friday chaingang the night before so we wanted a gentle pace ride of short length. Tony was struggling with the hills at first after a six week lay off. At one point he was going to bail but we persuaded him to stay. As the ride progressed Tony seemed to get stronger and in the last 5 miles it was me that was getting dropped on the hills!. Paul is climbing really well on the road at the moment and rode particularly fast up the hill to 'Ashburnham'. I always enjoy these short early road rides, 30 miles is my ideal distance. We were back in the old town for bacon butties before 11:00. We tried out a different cafe- the one more or less opposite the anchor. A little pricey but excellent bacon. The guy working there was very keen to talk to us about his son. Apparently his son who is in the army is a fitness fanatic and does several iron man events each year and is mad keen on cycling. I passed him our club email so hopefully we will have another rider on the occasions that he is back home in Hastings
S.C