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| Simon G, Malcolm And Paul B Ready To Set Off From The Lodge |
Weather forecast said there was going to be heavy rain at 9:00 and as we gathered at the Fairlight lodge there were already a few spots of rain, so we decided not to hang about that night. Good to see Paul Baxter out again, so far he has managed to keep the winter training going. All the usual suspects except Ivan were there. Paul seems to be obsessed with lighting the way, as not only did he have his top of the range exposure light he also had his old style top of the range gas bulb type front light as well. His lights were so bright we could have managed with no front lights of our own at all. On the way up to Broad Oak I hit a pothole which very nearly took me out, it jolted my elbow which was still sore the next day but surprisingly my xero front wheel stayed in true despite only having 16 spokes. There is another much worse pot hole right at the top of the broad oak junction which Jon kindly pointed out to myself and Paul (both I and Jon will report it to the council)
Simon set off down the hill but as Jon pushed off he discovered his chain had jammed. It took some assistance from Malcolm before we were able to set off in pursuit of Simon. The promised heavy rain failed to materialise and we finished with a relatively dry ascent of Stonestile
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