28/6- HSLCC BBR- Pocket Rocket

Brief Stop At The Appropriately named 'Horse Walk'

With the the threat of showers, numbers at the BBR were a bit lower than normal. Ollie was there with younger brother Fabian. Unfortunately Ollie was sporting a cast on his right arm having come off his bike at some speed the night before when his front wheel locked up for some unknown reason. Numbers were not high enough to split into a faster group and a slower group  so we said we would take good care of Fabian and shepherd him round the official route with the rest of us. Fabian rode extremely well for someone so young, being only slightly off the pace on flat sections and blasting up the steep hills with Matt and Stuart leaving myself and Malcolm C floundering in his wake. The threatened showers never materialised , our biggest problem was getting around all the horses we encountered, I think I counted four in all.Our usual bacon butty at Chile farm had to be forsaken for the cafe at Pevenesey as the road through Rickney was closed for bridge repairs, hopefully it will be open in time for next week.

Skies Looked Threatening But The Showers held Off!