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| Taking Shelter Before the Rain Suddenly Stopped! |
All the weather forecasts declared that the strong winds and rain would have come to an end by the late afternoon. So trying to encourage everyone out I made the unusual step of emailing everyone to let them know that it was going to be dry and that I at least would be there for the friday night ride. As the afternoon dragged on there was little sign of the promised dry weather and by the time I left home and met up with Simon G it was still raining. Taking shelter under the trees we didn't expect anyone else to be crazy enough to ride. Sure enough it was just us two but then suddenly the rain stopped, we had made the right call after all, the others were going to miss out ! Battery hill was particularly nasty as it was covered in lots of wet slippery road grit but just like last week the flat riding to rye was easy with a medium tail wind behind us. We kept a special look out for the pothole that nearly claimed Trevor's front wheel last week and were surprised just how deep it was but a few meters further on we found an even deeper one opposite the shops. Simon kindly gave me a tow all the way up to Broadoak . While shedding some excess clothes we discussed what condition the Stonestile approach would be like but in the end decided to give it a go. In the event the road conditions there were fine with no apparent flooding (maybe they have put some drainage in?), so another good call.
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