Moira

Thanks Julie a lovely write up 👍
I had the dog to walk before watching 2 games of rugby . Well done England for reaching the semi finals but think that’s as far as we will get as South Africa will be a tough team to beat .

Yes shame we lost the football . John I can report not a drop of alcohol past my lips too early in the day for me .
Sounds like you had a good ride . I think Julie is trying to show off this week or trying to make up some miles for all those she’s missed while on holiday 🤣🤣
I know the answer to the quiz I’ve sent you a postcard Julie.

Julie was moaning on our little detour as she had 2 extra miles on me so she had her 50 anyway but as Ken was picking her up from mine she had to follow as she didn’t know the way !!
Julie not one of better photos with knife all my wrinkles think the money I’m spending on my Elemis face creams obviously aren’t working 🤣🤣

I’ve been told off by John we went to Upton Severn not Seven . Just John and me at TB . ( Gordon hope you’re okay as we haven’t seen you since last Sunday )
Off we set going out via Hanbury nice for a change we were soon joined by the Philpott’s and Steve so we had the famous 5 . We went out via Pinvin and then Alan took us a different way . We went down roads that neither John and I had been down before , so it was a lovely change . Can’t remember the name of the common / places we went through but hopefully Alan will update you .
I’d 40 miles by the time we got the cafe which was very busy luckily we managed to find the last free table. Chris and Roger then arrived . Lovely tea but no tea cakes or toast !!! so had to have cake instead. 
So I’ve just had a slice of toast when I’ve got in . 
 
Off we set for home now the significant seven , into a headwind past Defford . Roger had new wheels which had a very noisy free wheel . He actually managed to free will up a hill !! Show off 🤣🤣 Roger was very nicely dressed and almost fully coordinated in Rapha gear but his gloves didn’t match ( Julie would never have done that 😝)
It was the longest ride for me this year just over 74 miles but I must admit the last few miles were a struggle luckily I managed to persuade Chris and Roger to carry on the last 3 miles for me without me so I could go steady as I watched them disappear into the horizon but I could still see Rogers gloves didn’t match 🤪
Sorry to hear you’re still not right Mick take care 🥰
A few photos . 

 

Very witty Julie . I too was glad to get home but did cycle to TB n back unfortunately.
Hilliers have some lovely new red and green tea pots but obviously didn’t buy enough as they kept coming round to see if we had finished with them . It would be nice too if Spring Ridge nursery invested in some too . 

A very disjointed ride today as you will hear. Starting from TB John , Gordon and me . As we were waiting for Leigh who didn’t turn up .We were joined by Dave Hughes and we’re having a good old chat when suddenly we realised it was well past 10 am . 
 
So off we set expecting to see Barry , Steve and the Philpott’s around the Priest Bridge area but no sign of them . After passing a closed up Philpott’s Towers we assumed they’d gone without us 🙁. As we turned left on the main road  caught sight of them ahead thankfully the Saracen’s top is quite bright . Once on North Piddle Lane I impressed John with my sprinting as I went ahead to try and catch them up . Luckily  I have a big mouth so I shouted out and Christine heard me and waited for us . Leigh was with them too as he was running late and cut the corner off. 
 
We turned right over the bridge at Pershore up the hill as we were nearing the top I was hyper ventilating more than usual and realised I had a rear puncture . My good good mate John changed it for me I was being or trying to be his glamorous assistant 🤣🤣 At this point Leigh decided to head for home.
Puncture fixed thanks to Johns big thumbs off we set again to find Dave Mitchell just outside Clive’s but he said he wasn’t stopping but did come in for 10 minutes . We went inside found a big table ordered cake as they had stopped serving breakfast at 11.30 am . We didn’t realise that Alan and Chris were sitting outside hence the picture of the lonely happy couple outside on there own.  Then Alan came in saying he was going we were still eating our cake apparently he wanted to get home for the snooker . Chris popped in to say goodbye and we kept her talking for a bit . Alan the little bugger set of without her naughty Alan no tea for him tonight Chris .
That left 5 of us to cycle home . We had had sunshine on the way out but dark clouds on the way home but luckily stayed dry . The roads were very wet around Bromsgrove so we’d missed a good shower which is always a good result .
So you can hopefully understand why I initially said a disjointed ride . A few pictures below . Gordon you need to keep your eyes open 🤣

Sounds like a good ride .
Got to Budapest okay found a bar The Pointer Bar so obviously wenrnin then to a tapas bar lovely food and we didn’t get wet !!!
 

Ha ha twinkle toes only likes picture number 3 Chris you need to quality control before posting like I did last week leaving John off 🤣🤣🤣
Make up and riding arrived at TB Julie had a full face on Gordon particularly liked the shade of lipstick 💄 
I very rarely wear make up but watch out next week for my lipstick !!
Leight I hope you’ve put the bi carbonate of soda on those oil stains as Julie will be doing a quality control next week obviously with her coloured in eyebrows , mascara and lipstick 😝
A lovely ride and the sun was out even better xx
 
 

It was Hanbury Hall probably auto correction x
Well done to Julie Cycling all the way home she clocked up the most miles . A shame you and Ivor didn’t discuss which way you were both going which meant you were both on your own 🙁But maybe a good thing Julie as Ivor probably turned that motor up to full power 🤣🤣🤣 

Third time lucky yes you’ve guessed Clive’s at Cropthorne the weather forecast isn’t looking too good but until you open the curtains you never know 🤞🏻
 
Keep an eye on this page in the morning as I will post by 9.10 am if I’m not going out and  also the route may be subject to change a bit like the weather ( if it rains may do a shorter ride )
Don’t forget the clocks go back tonight so see you hopefully in the morning 10 am TB 🚴‍♀️🌹🚴
 

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.

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

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

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