Another beautiful Spring sunny day, but with a cold wind. However, this did not deter a number of riders coming out of Winter hibernation, we were joined by Jess, Dave (promises to pay his membership!!) and Nick D, who had cycled over from Sutton Courtenay. The route out of Grove and onto the Denchworth Road saw us get tangled up with the preparations for the start of the White Horse Half Marathon, fortunately we were ahead of the race start. The route out to Eynsham was into a brisk headwind, and just as we approached Eynsham Dave had a puncture, some of the group went onto the Cherry Tree Café to secure an outside table while the rest gave moral support to Dave, who repaired his puncture very efficiently. The café was busy with a number of cycling groups, and while we got our order in very quickly the service was particularly slow, however this allowed us to enjoy the warming sun and for everyone to look at envy as Louis’s bacon and pancakes! The ride home was much easy with a tailwind and Dave taking the lead, and fortunately the Half Marathon had finished so no runners to contend with down the Denchworth Road. A lovely Sunday morning ride and great to see some familiar faces back.

