We didn’t have many out for the ride of Jan 22nd, it was supposed to be icy and that accounted for the low turnout. But three sturdy souls (fools) met at Hatfield for the start of a very pleasant but familiar ride. We made our chilly way to the off road track that leads to Hertford from WGC, the route I planned involved well used roads, thinking cars are warm and will melt the ice. Halfway along the track we came across a lovely winter sight and decided to cycle along the whole path to Hertford.
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| Cole Green Way in mid winter |
Once in Hertford, we headed for the tow path, which was a bit of a mistake as I wanted to take the main road to Ware, it was pleasantly clear and we had a good ride along there till we reached Ware. Going off road at this time of year can be quite fun as the ground tends to be rock solid and not slushy.
From Ware we took the main road that heads towards London, leaving it to follow Amwell Lane; this is a nice little road, which has a wonderful water feature, and it always looks peaceful there. This lane took us to Stansted Abbotts. From here we went through the high street and took the Widford Road. This has quite a surprising climb to it; I had to undo my jacket (shock). Soon we were in Widford and it was just case of following the Wareside road to reach the pub.
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| Landlord lighting fire for us |
This is such an old worldly place, we thought that it was packed as the car park was full but no, they belonged to walkers who were due to come back soon. The landlord valiantly tried to get the fire going with some bellows but the wood was to damp and it was having none of it.
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| Your leader relaxing in the pub |
It was a nice morning’s ride out; we took a very direct route back to Hertford and retraced our steps to Hatfield.
Neil 22/01/2017
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