Je vous n’ai oublié pas, mes amis mais je suis en france pour encore de peu jours, alors….

Demain, a 10h, tout le monde sauf moi (desolée!!) va au pub “Rose et Crown” en Ivinghoe pour le “Tour de Thé”

Bon voyage et mangez bien le gateau!

(Ici, le translation)

Désolée, mais je ne suis pas avec vous cette semaine parce que nous sommes en France.  Mais, bien sûr, le Thé Tour doit aller!

Donc, tout le monde va arriver au Rose & Crown, Ivinghoe pour departir a 10h, le samedi, pour chercher un cafe pour thé et gâteau.

Bon voyage!

(Si vous ne comprenez pas, s’il vous plaît appuyez ici pour le translation)

I may not be with you, but rest assured, some random, cycling related fact will be there to haunt or amuse you….

In 1986, Hero Cycles produced over 18,500 cycles a day, the highest in global reckoning. With the 48% share of the Indian market, this volume catapulted Hero in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest bicycle manufacturer in the world.

13th August is the first anniversary of the death of Om Prakash Munjal who, born in 1928, was a co-founder of Hero Cycles in 1944.  The company started out as a bicycle spare parts business.

So, as you have your Tea & Cake, bear this entrepreneur in mind and make a mental note to look after you bicycle bits and pieces as you expect your bicycle to look after you.

Assembling at the Rose & Crown for a 10am departure please….

……. to me,
Please have Cake & Tea.
I’m sorry I can’t be there…
And I can’t provide it free.

Sorry chaps, busy working this weekend so I can’t drag you all up to Ashridge with Team Hegarty for the usual Pimms & cake selection.  Hopefully we can do it another weekend instead!!

However, you are expected to assemble at the Rose & Crown to leave for 10am, nonetheless.  Have a great ride!

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.

So, Elke & Sally are nowhere to be seen tomorrow… but rest assured, we have a combination of Sarah, Mary & John stepping up to be your illustrious leaders (allegedly ….) & last markers.

We shall be heading off around the back of Tring, through Drayton Beauchamp and over to Wilstone for tea & cake.  Then back through Wilstone village, Puttenham, Long Martson, Cheddington & Pitstone – so nice and flat and “user friendly” for everyone.

Please be ready to leave the Rose & Crown, Ivinghoe at 10am!

…there’s only 224 days until the end of the year.

But on the upside.. May 21st is Mark Cavendish’s birthday – so let’s have cake & celebrate!!!

Leaving the Rose & Crown, Ivinghoe at 10am.

And it maybe a nice day, albeit it maybe a little chilly…. but the Tea Ride will go forth!

You may join us and you may bring any bicycle …

There may not be a Sally or an Elke to lead you out so you may choose your leader & destination if they’re absent!

You may have fun, you may see the sights & you may travel the lanes.  What you MUST do is  stop for Tea & Cake.  (Else there’s no point to a Tea Ride!!)

You MUST also be at the Rose & Crown, Ivinghoe by 10am on Saturday.  With your bike!

Yes, ok, a little tardy with the post this week!

But as everyone knows, the Tea Ride goes forth whatever the weather and whether or not an official inoire goes out.

10am, Rose & Crown, Ivinghoe.

Don’t be late!!