Just five of us braved the damp start to the club ride (me, Chris P, Ivan, Joe and Malc). It was quite windy so we were not sure whether to do our planned 60 mile marsh road or to do a more inland route. in the end we decided to do the marsh as we were a bit worried about the slippery conditions on the road. After descending gingerly down chick hill ( Ivan on his fixed) we had a nice tail wind blowing us along the road to Appledore (over 20 mph without really trying). Conditions were not great with a cold wind and damp legs from the road spray so we decided to keep things simple and just ride to Tenterden and back rather than the do the planned loop over the marsh. Chris is still recovering from his torn calf muscle but managed to keep with us until Tenterden , at this point his leg started playing up so he decided to twiddle back on his own. The rest of us headed for home via the 'Heidi' route. We were now heading into a headwind but as we were away from the coast it didn't seem too bad. It was when we got to Rye that the headwind really hit us and its speed had picked up by then. For the next 8 miles it was head down as myself, Joe and Malc struggled into the wind at about 11 mph. Ivan didn't seem to be so badly effected and despite slowing down for us a few times he soon disappeared into the distance. Actually climbing up battery hill was a relief as we were out of the cold wind.
Distance- 48 miles Av speed-15.9 mph
S.C
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