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| great start For James! |
Its been quite a while since I have organised an early bird road ride and it was a pleasant surprise to have a good turnout of seven riders, including James Thorton only his first ever HSLCC ride. After the usual scary descent of Battery Hill we headed along the coast towards Winchelsea where we used Float lane to reach the Udimore road. Last time I rode Float lane it was a mass of potholes but the council have managed to plug most of them and it was now OK. This was like an extended version of the Friday night ride as we road up the long drag to broad Oak and beyond to Cribb's corner and Woodman's green. After all the off road riding I have done recently it seemed so much easier riding on the road and all the climbing seemed easier than normal to me today so I made good progress leading from the front much of the time.James was doing well and was only a little off the pace on the long drags but was actually faster than some of us on the shorter climbs.Having done an impressive mileage recently both Nigel and John were happy to take things easier than normal do but this didn't stop John coming out on his Genesis Croix De Fer rather than his much lighter Villier carbon bike. There were signs to say that part of Netherfield road was closed to traffic but we ignored this feeling sure that we would get through, unfortunately some of the workman took a dim view of this and hurled some abuse our way.
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| Loving The Brightling Climb! |
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| Keep Smiling! |
It was worth the ticking off as our planned route took us up to the top of Brightling from where our reward was the fabulous descent all the way down to Ashburnham .By the time we reached Sidley the pace was beginning to tell on James and he took a wrong turn. Fortunately he had heard us discuss meeting for bacon butties at 'Cafe On The Beach' and was there when we arrived. Thanks to those who came for the ride today, this reminds me how much fun these shortish early bird can be!
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| Great Turnout For A Weekday Early Bird! |
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