14 July 2018: Hatfield to Whitwell

It wasn’t until Saturday morning that I discovered our lack of presence for this ride on the Letsride site (something of which I am addressing this week).

So today’s ride had a full complement of Cycling UK members with only one guest. Francesca had emailed me in the week asking if our rides were suitable for an one year old child, I suggested that she came along to one of our rides and make up her own mind.

Along with Francesca and five other Cycling UK members, we had a lovely meandering ride that took in both Ayot St Lawrence and Ayot St Peter. We viewed the delights of Shaw’s Corner and for most of the ride we were dappled in shade. In Whitwell we stopped at Emily’s café for some well-earned refreshments.

Emily's Cafe in Whitwell

On our way back we were greeted with the sight of an old red London double decker bus, all done up for a wedding. We put 23 miles all in all. Francesca enjoyed herself but agreed a small child probably wouldn’t have liked it so much.

It was a really nice ride out.

Neil 14/07/2018