Six usual midweek suspects reported for duty on another November morning with the thermometer hovering around zero. The sun was out by the time we were approaching Clanfield and stayed with us for the rest of the ride, without any appreciable rise in temperature, however. Blake's restored our faith in the concept of the cinnamon bun after Sunday's disappointing offering at Beaulieu. Eighty-three per cent of the riders retired inside KAH where the log fire and leather sofas made it difficult to leave.