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The Over The Hill Gang Respond to Pete Leonards watery Sunday. Tuesday 18 January

Not to be outdone by Pete Leonard's account of Sunday rides, the TUESDAY club ride caters for the OVER THE HILL GANG, plus a few of the unemployed.

9.30am at the bus stop...9 riders assembled and Scorton was the agreed destination, which included a 'guest' rider from Bishop Auckland. A steady pace was set for the journey, the only stops en route are for those with urology problems.ie. weak bladders!!! A bit of mist/fog was encountered on Policeman's Hill, but the group arrived en masse at the Priory cafe. After being refreshed the return route was via Barnacre and Woodplumpton, all was going well until Matt Burdekin started to 'suffer' as the pace quickened, the hon.sec. was also feeling the pace.... The peloton split in Preston at traffic lights, but regrouped at PENWORTHAM after 2 of the older members stopped yet again for a 'pee'. Decent tempo through Longton saw the hon.sec off the back with Matt Burdekin., who by this time had completely 'bonked out', Colin gave him a full bottle and GO bar. The riders waited for him for 10minutes before resuming the journey.

At the Tarleton lights Matt was eating the bar and promptly fell off in the road, shortly afterwards he was left to fight his own way home...enough was enough!!!! Nutrition is a MUST on a 70 mile ride and a sausage buttie in a cafe isn't enough for an inexperienced rider...he will learn a valuable lesson from that excursion into the Lancashire Lanes. All in all a good day out in fine weather and not too cold either.

Keep pedallin' Colin Baldwin

Posted 18/01/2011

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