Unfortunately, for Gerald, the ice cream run had one of the best turnouts
ever. A veritable multitude are able to lay witness to the unbelievable
navigational skills of that man of the mountains, a munroist no less, who led us
all up a dead end road!!! All this within ten minutes of starting and in his
home town.
But Martin and Julie made Gerald’s day complete later on when they
sustained a puncture. Indeed he could barely contain his glee at not being the
victim for once.
Apart from these two unfortunate incidents all went to plan. We cruised the
lanes of Cheshire and ate ice cream followed by the obligatory dash to
Cholmondley Castle for yet more cake. The weather blessed us with warmth and the
company was, as always, entertaining.
Oh, and Aunty Sue plied us with yet more cake at Chez Davison. My perfect
day.
FORTHCOMING DISTRACTIONS
Bretton Youth Hostel (25th-27th January 2002)
This is now a firm booking. There are 18 beds for which I have already
received six deposits. To secure a bed you need to send a cheque to myself for
£5 per head. If you’re wondering where Bretton is then look North East of
Buxton on your map of the Peak District.
Attractions will include Eyam ( the plague village), a donkey sanctuary, and
a visit to the legendary Grindleford caff. There’ll be a slide show on the
Saturday night and we’ll be celebrating a birthday or two!!
CHRISTMAS DINNER
Alan and Jean Ashcroft have kindly made arrangements for us to dine at the
Princes Arms in Trefriw on Sunday 2nd of December. Booking forms are
enclosed with this newsletter, please return them to Alan by the 16th
of November. Alan and Jean are making all the arrangements with the Princes Arms
so please contact Alan (number via Luke and Becky), if you have any queries.
Alan has suggested a run prior to lunch to work up an appetite. Meet at the
Princes Arms at 10am for a short tour of the area. Or….just meet for lunch at
1pm.
All the usual awards will be up for grabs, nominations on a postcard, please,
to the Tandemfuhrer at the Tandembunker.
PLUS… Some NEW and EXCITING presentations. I bet you can hardly control
your excitement!!
RUN SHEET 2002 IDEAS PLEASE
It is becoming obvious that we are running out of places to go!! So doff your
thinking caps and start looking for routes. It has been suggested that we may
have to start devising routes to accommodate those wishing to go a little
further whilst still including those who don’t. This has already been
happening, as we saw on the last run when some took a more direct route back
from the lunch stop. This arrangement merely requires that a map ( of the
relevant area I hasten to add) be carried by the concerned parties.
I would like to get the ball rolling for next Summer by suggesting a camping
weekend on Anglesey as we rarely ride on the island and the completion of the
A55 has drawn a lot of traffic away from the smaller roads, you can even ride on
the old A5 in relative safety.
Another idea that has been mooted is a mass exodus to York Rally.