Gotta admit when I awoke for this ride the skies were teeming with rain and looking out the window I saw it was quite windswept as well, but as the morning got underway the rain stopped and stayed stopped.
Five of us met at Asda in Hatfield and met a new Sunday rider, Dimo. We took a familiar route out of Hatfield. Lemsford/WGC and up Harmer Green Lane.
Here we stopped for a breather and directed the police who were looking for a fallen tree opposite the train station (which is on New Road). Whilst cycling down to Woolmer Green we zipped past the delightfully named Robbery Bottom Lane (we must go up there again sometime). I must say the trees were looking resplendent in all their autumnal glory. We passed Datchworth and headed down the road to Watton-at-Stone, something we haven’t done for a while, as we are usually going up that road. We also took in the full length of Mill Lane (quite often we would turn off this road); the end of this lane is quite pleasant and meets the Whempstead road.
From here we took a direct route to the golf club but at the bottom of the hill our newest rider copped a puncture.
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| Harmer Green |
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| Whempstead |
We had a lovely leisurely break in the club discovered a broken chair and generally enjoyed the relaxing atmosphere. Our route to Wareside was very much like our route to the first break, all familiar roads but taken in a different order, the skies by this time though had taken on a deep blue colour and the wind was doing all it can to make things blustery. We headed up to Haultwick and then back on ourselves to head for the crossing at Nasty. It’s a nice little jaunt down to the A10 on this road but just before we get there a little farmer’s road takes us onto the A10 roundabout. On this concrete track Carol had the misfortune of suffering a mechanical problem. We decided to navigate the roundabout and stop in the next village to see to the fault in a quiet carpark where the diagnosis was a front disc pad had fallen out.
After this we made good headway to Much Hadham and a more direct route to Wareside arriving very late at 1.30pm. The pub carpark was packed and inside was quite busy as well but we got served very promptly and lunch was really pleasant, nice herby and tasty sausages. After lunch it was Babbs Green/ Ware/Hertford and home. It was a really pleasant day’s ride.
Neil
Carol's note: We found out later that two others had gone to the pub but left before we arrived.
Neil
Carol's note: We found out later that two others had gone to the pub but left before we arrived.
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