It's now a great time to build on the enthusiasm and plan some more rides over the coming year when hopefully the wind will not be as chilly as it was today.
It would be great if people would use the comments section on this blog to say how far they would like to go and where they would like to take tea and cake or a pint.
These are rides for everyone though and we should do all we can to encourage as many people as possible to join in, we would prefer riders to think it has been too easy rather than too hard.
Twelve riders joined on the ride today ages ranging from 30 ish to 60 ish. We met at the school in a freshening wind which sent a couple of people home for their gloves, a good move on their part. Once we were assembled we set off two abreast and made our way to Pleshey at a pace comfortable for everyone, filled our lungs with fresh air and chatted about all kinds of subjects. the natural circulation of the pairings means that you get someone new to chat to every few miles or so. Our route was circular and we saw few cars on the whole ride.
54 minutes later we were back at the village hall with rosy cheeks ready for soup and bacon butties, part of the winter warmer event. It is worth pointing out at this stage that we covered twice the distance of the ramblers in less time, clearly giving a better countryside viewed per minute ratio.
Soon we will select a date for March's ride and try to incorporate a refreshment stop so let us know what you would like to do, where you would like to do it and for how long.
