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I arrived at the Harrow just before 8 not knowing whether to expect anyone else to ride bearing in mind that there had been 2 rides on the Saturday and that the weather overnight had been appalling.
But i was greeted by Tom who had Rule 9'd it and ridden over from Eastbourne and Gary, then shortly followed by Malcolm and finally and most surprisingly, given his record of getting out of bed, Nigel.
So we set off back through Battle negotiating alot of standing water and debris from the overnight armageddon along the way.
I planned a route to stop off at the Lakeside cafe in Horam, a usual sunday club run stop.
But this time we rode out through Netherfield and around the Darwell reservoir, this is a really nice and testing start to the route, with great scenary and a pretty good road surface.
We rejoined the traditional route at Brightling, then past Woods Corner and up to Bodle street.
The roads at this point were getting really waterlogged with mounds of debris making handling precarious at times.
Although it was staying dry and not too cold so we were thankful for that at least
The climbing and rolling profile continued through to Rush Lake green, Vines cross before finally arriving at the very welcome sight of the Lakeside cafe.
We timed it just right as a couple of other rides arrived shortly after.
We all tucked into coffees and various meat in rolls apart from Nigel who had cooked up
some rice with beef, treacle and ginger. Although he looked on enviously when the guy on the next table was tucking into a 'Scooby-doo burger', a heart attack on a plate consisting of 3 burgers, onion rings and a block of chedder.......and chips.
We then ventured back out into the cold air and made the turn for home along Gun hill, past Arlington avoiding the usual marsh road at Hankham because of the tricky road conditions.
At Pevensey we then said goodbye to Tom.
I had to say my farewells too as i was running late and the cycling police at home had given me a curfew.
I put the hammer down for the remaining ride, arriving home just on time and therefore proving to be 'reliable'.
Talking of which, see you all next weekend for the ESCA Reliability ride.
Over and out
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