Another great ride today with nice weather again, out
today was Mick and Myself (Ric) with Stirfs joining us at Belmont.
Rode out over Houghton Tower catching Roy and the vets group on the
climb then more climbing up to Abbey Village and over to the Black Dog
at Belmont to meet Stirfs. A very hilly Stirfs special route followed
out to Ramsbottom and then we tackled the Rake (glad I had not entered
that beast!) and found a good cyclists cafe for a full english with some
lads from Bolton Clarion.
Up the Rake again to watch the race, and there must have been hundreds
of people on the hill. We met Dot and set up camp Wheelers to watch
listening the comentator provide the build up, our man Butler came
through at the end to great support all round although he appeared to be
the only rider laughing as he went up the climb! Pete Danby also riding
for Wheelers was going well but had to sit down in a church yard at the
end feeling sick!
After watching the prizegiving we set off on the return leg to ride back
with Pete Dandy and Dan, with a great tailwind it was a very fast run
back.
Good day out.
Cheers Rick for the excellent report.
