Five appeared by 10:00 under King Alfred's statue including just one Phil.
We set off in the dry but that soon changed. Showers were forecast. As it turned out there was one persistent "shower" all the way to our stop at Blake's in Clanfield.
The ride leader treated the entire party to coffee and cinnamon buns to celebrate his significant birthday on Wednesday. (His loyalty card is now full - next bun is 'free'.)
We started the return leg in the dry, making good progress until the ride leader had a rapid deflation in Fernham due to a piece of glass in his tyre. Had it not been for this delay we would have made it back to Wantage in the dry but encountered a sharp shower approaching Denchworth.
Notwithstanding all of the above, it was a good autumnal ride.