Chilly to begin with but we soon warmed up trying to keep up with Dave into the Northerly headwind. A succession of rather busy roads eventually gave way to the back roads of North Oxfordshire and it felt pleasantly warm when the sun broke through the clouds from time to time. As forewarned Richard left the ride at Brighthampton to head home. At Lyneham we turned South West looking forward to a lunch stop, but then sailed past the turn-off for the farm cafe distracted by high-vis people controlling visitors to some random event. On arrival in Milton we discovered that we had missed the Bruern farm cafe and a back-track up the road confirmed that said random event was a craft festival at the farm. However the queue for food at the cafe was rather long so we headed back to Milton under Wychwood to try the pub there (The Hare), much to the amusement of the kids directing car parking (having passed them three times at this stage!). Our arrival at The Hare was 15 minutes too early to order a pricey Sunday lunch so a short stop for coffee and packet of crisps had to suffice. With a tailwind now and quiet lunchtime roads nobody seemed keen for a second stop and we made rapid progress back to Wantage arriving about two o'clock. Apart from the aborted lunch stop it was a pretty good ride, and quite tough for a flattish one.