This Charity Ride is one we’ve done before with some of Julie’s work friends. The last time we rode was 2009, the year Julie later fell off of her bike resulting in a broken collar bone & subsequent operation to have a plate fitted with 7 pins.
So this year we were looking forward to the ride again, it would be the longest ride of the year to date for Julie & on her new(ish), bike. Sods law stepped in & there was rain on Saturday & most of the night too, so I had packed my ‘Winter Bike’ ie; mudguards. An early start, away from home by 7.00am & a long drive to Oxford which went trouble free.
We all met up on site, 8 riders in all, & set off around 9.45am.
Preparing for the off!
A nice gentle start with a long steady descent in the first few miles. The starter had told us of a big puddle/flood after the overnight rain! I was near the front of our group & when we approached an old railway bridge & the road dipped I realised we were upon the flood, I managed to nip through ahead of most & get some snaps
Wet feet!
All regathered we continued at a steady pace & stayed together reasonably well, taking a break & regrouping at the first ‘refreshment’ stop. The remainder of the ride continued in this vein, regrouping at each ‘refreshment’ stop, a few photos here & there & a stop in awe at a pair of Red Kites.
For Julie it was a great ride, just a couple of ‘magic spanner’ moments when the gradient went up to 12%. Not forgetting of course that this was a charity ride for Against Breast Cancer & we managed to raise in excess of £1500.
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