Only four riders on such a beautiful morning - bright but not quite shirt sleeve weather yet! But good to see Jan again, newly retired!
Uneventful ride out to Great Bedwyn. From Ermine Street we took the lane downhill through Poughley despite the Road Closed sign but found no roadworks. Arriving in Great Bedwyn we found that Wendy's has now closed - looks definitive - which is a shame - but a rather insalubrious Portaloo close-by proved a useful adjunct to the ever-reliable food offering from the Post Office. After enjoying our lunch amongst the Church cemetery headstones we set off on the return ride, soon interrupted by a puncture to Jan's rear tyre. This time it was a sizeable sidewall split, GP5000 tyres again demonstrating that they are not robust enough for Oxfordshire roads. With a boot and fresh inner tube installed, and a not-insignificant bulge in the tyre, Jan nursed her bike back as far as Kingston Lisle (and hopefully back home), where she left the ride. Richard left us Lambourn to check on his driveway tradesmen, leaving just Pam and I to finish the ride back to Wantage.