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Summer Tuesday Ride - Lunch in Lechlade

 78 km  381 m  03:17  x5  x1
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The ride leader was navigationally challenged on this ride! After the descent from Hannington we suffered a rider disappearance - it seemed that Pete had taken 20 minutes to extract a jelly baby from his pocket. Eventually Richard was despatched to find him but a message shortly afterwards revealed that Pete had turned off at Hannington and was trying to chase down an invisible (and apparently fast moving!) peloton. The group eventually re-grouped at Lechlade where Pete had already devoured his bun and coffee and was becoming impatient. Over lunch it finally dawned on the ride leader what had happened - the clot (to clarify: that's me not Pete!) had failed to synchronise his Wahoo after a final route update on Sunday evening.

The return ride from Lechlade was a less stressful, though rather damp, experience! Back in Wantage the ride leader sought solace in a pint of beer in a the company of two others.