20/4 Only Two HSLCC Riders Complete Tour Of The Weald This year Due To Weather Forecast!

Despite the forecast I  made the  right choice and did tour of Weald  today. Although it was raining when left Hastings it was dry at Staplehurst as the rain had not got there. numbers down due to the rain and i thought only me and Nick B from cycle club, but I see from strava that James Cornford also did it with a good time.
We had no rain for the first hour then a shower . After that some rain but not enough to worry about and felt comfortable whole way.

Derek And Pals Chance the Wet Weather!

My useless garmin did not lock on till east peckham so did not record whole route . Course same as last year with the testing hill at 3 miles with several getting off on that .
Funny moment when Nicks rear drailieur locked going up hill and he stopped dead , someone was on his wheel and had nowhere to go so fell in the hedge.
There was six of us from the tri club and we stayed together till about half way then stronger riders pulled away. I took up my usual position at the back .
Everyone tried the timed hill sprint which is at about 58 miles and is a good way to deal with that last climb as its all downhill after that
Derek M