Twelve riders - including a handful of new faces set out to dodge the downpours and successfully stole a dry chain gang, sharing work for the slog out into the wind. I was a late arrival - met the returning bunch after plugging eleven miles on my own, so did a quick u -turn and had to chase hard to catch them for the speedy whirl back just as they started to wind up the pace - assassins! - forgot to take pics so my strava graph will have to do - fixed gear of 74 inches was comfortable into a strong wind, but on way back was spinning over 150 rpm at 35 mph at times but couldn't hold onto leaders Nathan and Barney making pace with Malc on fixed and a couple others hanging in. 
Some of us went for a beer after at Traffer's, with chairman Stuart Crabb, good craic. Just as we left the pub, the lightning flashed, thunder rolled like a great floodgate opening in the sky and we all had to swim home. Only three riders have made all six rides so far; Malcolm Daly, Steve Butcher and Simon Prior, who can last till April?! No disrespect to our absent commuting brethren who have been soaked twice daily for a whole week!
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