Report by Ian P
At last out again with CTC SW London, so good to be back to group riding although I was still on the Brompton. Nigel lead us to Wimbledon Mill cafe from Nonsuch where the queue for coffee was reasonable as it was for ice creams, but a bacon and egg bap took forever. The heavens opened so the other five waited under the shelter of a tree, whilst I quickly devoured the egg and bacon.
Sunlight reappeared and we dried off through Richmond Park, at one point me taking off behind a racer passing us, (still on the Brompton), and much to his surprise he found me right there and ready to pass him, after half a mile or so, before I dropped back and more sedately rejoined our group lead by Nigel.
(Why is it everyone expects Bromptons to be slow - I have been in the Brompton World Championships at least four times and its never slow!)
So we continued on, including heading down the A3 (well, cycle path alongside) from Robin Hood Gate before turning into suburbia once more including through The Hamptons and Worcester Park.
Unfortunately the heavens opened once more, this time with thunder and lightning but rather than turning sensibly right into Sainsbury’s for a spot of dry shopping, Nigel sped on and the rest of us followed. I peeled off on the Sutton bypass to head for home and a warm bath (not the first of our group to do so) and think now I have just about “dehydrated”. Had to pour the water out of the Brompton bag though!
Thanks to Nigel for leading the ride.
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