Eleven riders participated in a variety of rides that formed Saturday's Bacon Butty Run. I arrived for my first breakfast at The Bridge Cafe just after 9:30 to find Steve B already sunning himself outside drinking tea and chatting about cycling to a trim looking basket ball player. He looked as though he would be a quick rider but we were not able to sign him up! By the time we set out at 10:00 the were eleven of us, three of whom had met up in Cooden at 8:00 to have a warm up with some extra miles before a coffee and chat in the cafe. Nigel had brought a friend along, arriving at the last minute so I did not have time for a chat with him. We did the usual summer route, splitting in to three groups, two of which merged again at a couple of way points before agreeing in Wartling that five would go on ahead to Chilley Farm via Herstmonceux with me, 12 year old Fabien on his second bacon butty run and classical guitarist Trevor (as distinguished from folk guitar Trevor) forming the second group. Nigel, friend and Steve B had been steadily riding and chatting together, arriving at Chilley Farm as the first group were finishing their bacon buttys so they ordered a second round of coffees as we talked about Nigel's forthcoming trip to the Pyrenes with Jon Stainsby and another friend at the end of May and Peter's planned trip to see the final stage of fhe Tour of France in Paris.
Nigel's party are flying out to Toulouse at the end of May, setting off to ride in to the Pyrenes and include the well known Tour climb of Touramlet and then catching the train back from Lourdes five days later. If interested in joning the party contact Nigel ASAP!
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| The Club Kit Is Looking Good! |
Peter Buss has already booked a hotel in Paris, at quite a reasonable price. He is getting the ferry from Dieppe and cycling to Paris with a friend, hoping to see a Brit end up in yellow jersey again then getting the train back. Contact Peter asap if interested, further details were forwarded round by Steve C email. If interested ferry and hotel would have to be booked quite soon before they fill up.
Three of us were wearing the new Chris Watson designed club kit so we posed for a photo before setting off. Most of the limited production run of the first batch has now been sold, just some of the extra large sizes remaining, and the second order for some £3,000 of kit placed with Force GB and delivery due in five weeks.
After Chilley Farm we split up, some heading off for a ride inland to get more miles in, some going direct back to Hastings quickly and the third group having another coffee before a more leisurely return.
So there was something or everyone! There are quite a few BBR regulars but no one can make every week. If you stick to the standard options for routes and stops there is no real need or a leader, but it helps. Just turn up in time to depart the cafe at 10:00, ideally contacting some club mates a few days before so you let others know that you are up for a ride.
Chris Parker
P.S. on Sunday it was serious riding without bacon buttys. Simon Newell had recovered from the bug that laid him low last weekend so was pleased with his early season time of 1:04:53 and after failing to break evens last weekend at 10 and 25 I managed a 1:13:46 in the SCA 25 at Steyning, a course I like. Hutch was a DNS, may be he was not on for breaking his 49 minute course record set in the event last year. But there were cakes in the HQ afterwards so I did not go hungry.
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