A mild day for mid-December and a hilly ride so we quickly warmed up and made good progress until Phil's puncture 1 mile short of our stop at Great Bedwyn. Pete made friends with a pony while four of us provided Phil with occasional help and the odd tool. Despite the delay we arrived at Wendy's Cafe well ahead of takers of their roast dinner offering and enjoyed some rather good Christmas cake and some rather large flapjacks. Once Pete had extricated himself from the clutches of the pet octopus we headed back via Froxfield and Lambourn. Good outing!