Club run reports - 13th November

Category 6 ride led by Ian Bailey

Ten hardy Wheelers woke far too early to a cool and foggy Sunday morning, ready for an expedition to the mountainous area way beyond the border with Essex, south-east of Epping. We braved typical Essex motorists' tolerance to cyclists as we left Roydon behind, climbing to Epping Upland before descending and climbing again into the alps of Thornwood Common and Coopersale.  

The fog never broke - the ride leader even removed his sunglasses - and we arrived at Stapleford Airfield just in time to commemorate Armistice Day.  All of us were astounded to see Tony manage two minutes silence!

The alpine ascents seemed even steeper as we headed home.  Thanks to Pete the Tweak / Pete the Slipstream for helping some of us as we ground up the climbs, suffering from taking a month or so away from cycling; and thanks to the whole group for sticking together and overall managing a respectable cat 6 pace to the end.