Many thanks this week to Martin Sisley for sending in a Great Train Robbers ride. He will be offering a guided tour of the key locations involved in the aforementioned local heist.
A number of us are off Ride London-ing on Sunday so will be taking a few hours parked on the sofa tomorrow, giving the leggies a bit of a pre-emptive rest.
The rest of you.. you are presence is anticipated at the Rose & Crown by 10am for a prompt departure.
Please remember that the Cook’s Wharf bridge is CLOSED (from 27th July to 24th August), so you cannot go between Pitstone to Cheddington – you need to go via Great Gap & Cheddington Station if you choose a route out that way….
So.. 23rd July… Is the day before my cousin Kim’s birthday. She doesn’t ride a bike, but does ride a horse & is therefore a friendly road user. 99.9% of you don’t know her … but she’s as batty as me and if you’re that interested you can find her on Facebook here…. Feel free to wish her a happy birthday…
This year, July 23rd is the 113th anniversary of the first sale of a Ford motor car.
So, to celebrate both these events, we are off to the Driving Range (Ford… Driving.. it’s that tenuous I though I better point it out ….) We highly recommend the toasted sarnies!!
On parade and assembled for the off please, by 10am on Saturday morning.
Firstly this week we would like to thank Chris Froome for confirming what we have all felt for some time now – there is no shame in walking your bike up the steep bits when the going gets tough.
Please bring a copy of the route either analogue (on paper) or digitally (on your GPS bike computer). We depart as always from the Rose and Crown in Ivinghoe.
The council have been “dressing” a number of local roads recently so please watch out for the tell tale “cat litter” on the road – it can make for hazardous cycling.