Not as warm as yesterday, but still quite pleasant, once we got going. It was nice to catch up with riders I'd not seen in a while, and to meet Steve, and we enjoyed a gently helping tailwind on the route out. 5 is a really nice sociable number, so there was plenty of nattering.

The headwind did't make itself felt until the Thrupp turning - exposed and straight roads don't help! From there on, it felt like a struggle at times, but we all made light work of the last hour or so and arrived back in Wantage pleased to have been out.