Just two of us but It was a fine evening for a ride, as good as can be expected for mid-January. We took a chance on Denchworth Road which was signposted as closed, which had up to 4" depth of water just before the bridge, passed an abandoned car at the bridge over the stream approaching Denchworth and headed over towards Hanney. A second closed road pushed us left through Lyford on beautifully quiet roads. After two painless crossings of the A420 the roads became a lot busier and I was glad of the draught behind Chris, where I was destined to remain. The headwind on the A338 was quite tough, for me anyway, and a recuperative ale was called for. Then Louis turned up for a natter. Very pleasant evening!