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On opening the curtains this morning it was dry and sunny, so off to the shed to get my bike out and to set off . As soon as I stepped out of the house it started to drizzle, no problem I thought, it's not heavy . Luckily I had put my waterproof on as within a mile of setting off the heavens opened with very heavy rain I pressed on questioning my sanity . On getting to TB I resembled a drowned rat and surprisingly no one else was there but it had stopped raining. Set off to meet the Philpotts and Barry was there too. They were bone dry no rain their way, amazing. We pressed on, did a loop round to The Vale Golf Club only to find the cafe had closed 5 minutes prior to our arrival . Back up the drive we saw Ivor at the Raindeer Cafe which we'd missed on the way in but that was closed too !!!! Bishampton was shut too with the front windows boarded over but we found a lovely new cafe called Philpott Towers excellent service you might even recognise the girls serving. They even provided dry socks and slippers for my wet feet and plastic bags to put over dry socks for the way home. Highly recommend this place they serve baileys too . A lovely stop got warm excellent food and service. The boys did allot of talk about electric bikes as Alan's was in the hall. A few photos below.

John has asked me to post the rides for the next two Sunday's as he isn't out giving the rest of us a chance to get some extra points on him 😝 The venue will be The Vale Golf Club near Bishampton apparently it has been done out and the you don't have to go into the golf house to get to the cafe. I will be leaving TB at 10 am (prompt ) and will be doing a steady ride to meet Mr Philpott at the junction of Flying Horse Lane at the Saltway at approx 10.20 am. Alan and I will be doing a steady loop round toThe Vale so if there are fast boys out wanting to go faster we will see you there that way we can all go at the pace that suits us . So hopefully will see some of you in the morning . 🚴

Right Ho great leader Mr SHelley , Bev Kev and I are coming out but we're being a bit naughty and are going to meet you there as we are going to go out the way we go on a Tuesday ( as Kev wants to go steady as he's worried about his back and I'm happy with steady too so you and Roger can go fast 😝) We're leaving at 9.40 so see you there oh great leader xxxxx

Yes happy birthday 🎉 to you both hope you've had a lovely day xxx

Sounds good lets hope it stops raining by the morning as its pouring down as I write this !! Fingers crossed see you in the morning x

Don't think I've been to the Cowshed before . See you in the morning with a foghorn 😜

Yes I must admit I saw by the bridge at Pershore and then the surrounding area the other night on the news and there was a lot of water hopefully the majority of it will be gone by tomorrow otherwise we could get wet feet !!! see you in the morning at 10 am promise to be on time oh great leader 😀😇

Well it's still raining but just looked at the forecast for tomorrow and all looks good so will be there in the morning providing its dry when I open the curtains. Mark fished at Bewdley today the river is up he caught a few fish but did no good overall said it was a most enjoyable day ( not) sitting in the cold and rain .

Well done South Africa in the rugby they out played us no doubt Tess is happy unlike my husband !! Not out tomorrow at a yoga workshop with my sister in Twesbury have a good ride .

As the clocks will be going back does that mean winter bikes ??? See you in the morning .

And me see you both in the morning 😊😊

As John is away with Ann having a little cruise along the river Rhine he asked me to post a ride. Having looked at the forecast there is a good chance of rain so I must admit I went out today with Alan Philpott to Broadway a nice ride with a bit of wind but thankfully no rain. And as last week on the way out on the B run there was only John and myself I thought I might be Billy no mates ! So if your planing on going out please post so anyone else who is brave enough will be able to meet up with you. I won't be out as I have booked into yoga and stretch . Have a good ride if you venture out . There was loads out today even spotted Sam and Mick .

Sounds like a plan as I'm typing this it is raining so hopefully it will be rained out by morning and the sun will be out 🌞

Ivor you're right I've just opened the curtains it's poring down off out to get wet walking the dog unfortunately he still likes to go out when it's raining . John even your positive Met Office forecast isn't looking too good think yoga is on the cards this morning x In fact the rain is now hammering down and even the dog doesn't want to go out the front door don't blame him really as we will both be soaked within a minute so will have to wait until it lightens up . So sorry John definitely not out today you're on your own 😜

I too have looked at the forecasts and agree go the Met Office as it's the most positive one . I will wait and see what the morning brings when I open the curtains . Fingers crossed we will get out without getting wet hopefully see you in the morning xxx ( yes 3 kisses this time Leigh !!! hope you are feeling a bit better now you're home X)

Leigh with a seductive look showing a bit of chest 😜 A nice day out and some different roads for a change. John gave Leigh and I a master class on how to fix a puncture and singing as he did it ( fix the puncture that is ).

See you in the morning for a bit of plane spotting 🤓

Good for you Ivor don't waste that battery save it for the hills !!!!

Mr S I might have been wilting in the sun but less of the old please. well I might have Beeb hot so was someone else !!! Great Kness Alan xxxxxx

Sounds good to me see you in the morning x

Mr Sarashell some of us , not many I admit in the club , are still well under the age of 60 so I like to think of myself as a younger senior 😝 See you in the morning xx

Indeed the breakfast could entice Mr Kent but we had a long wait last time if you recall but no doubt it will be better this time . I think the wind may be more of a problem than rain . Fingers crossed see you in the morning on a lovely August Sunday 😎

Ha ha Mr Kent I did 80.61 miles and I have to say the hill that Barry died on out of Mickleton I actually found easier than the the long slow one to Chipping Camden ( god I'm actually saying I enjoyed a steep hill can you believe it ) . Mr Shelley has played it down we got lost as he followed another lady cyclist the wrong way !!! We asked a fellow cyclist who had heard of the farm shop but couldn't remember exactly which road it was . Alan then flagged a passing taxi down who had no idea but thanks to google mapping on Chris's phone we found it !! Lovely views with rolling roads a good day out. It made a change for Chris P to make the cafe before us he'd actually eaten and was ready to leave !!! Thanks to you all for a good day out xxx

Never heard of it where is it pretty please !!!

That's different to what you said on Thursday but looking forward to The Lenchs . After watching Simon Yates win the stage the other day I'm in training for a hill finish !!!!! Just need to lose 1.5 stones and speed up considerably on the approach ( as normally see the climb and slow down ) and be a lot quicker on the actual climb too 😫 See you in the morning x