RIDE no :: 144
Sat 10th May Royston Station
Hares:: Ladida & Lil
Right, as a ride report virgin I’m going to do my best to give an accurate account of the day! No insults included! What can I say? Arrived at Cambridge Station, and it was nice to see Schoolboy’sDream around – who’s been hiding for a few months now. We were all surprised to see that Crabbo chose computer shopping over the BASH!! What kind of behaviour is that? We piled on the train, and managed to block up the passage way for the ticket inspector. He couldn’t get by, and tickets were brought to him; unfortunately he decided he needed to get through to check an unknown passenger and first class, which I insisted was empty! Once in Royston, we waited for food orders to get organised, and for those late comers trailing in from the local surroundings (Lurcher!). Before we took off, Mr Bossy warned us he would be checking for opened emergency maps at the end of the trail – which he DIDN’T do! And there were several cases of map abuse throughout the trail – Mummy’sBoy – especially since the information was on the tarmac! Is that why you are an SCB? Need I say more?
The morning passed in good form, with some fantastic forest trails, fabulous scenery, and for those lucky and not in a rush to the pub a white heart was spotted with a larger group of deer crossing a field. Allegedly Lina fell into a bush of nettles, a disgrace I would not wish upon anyone, but I laughed heartlessly about it later. At one point once all were gathered together, we spotted John Boy at a distance on a hill, next to a burning fire; when asked if he was ‘ON’ all we could see from our position was a wave of hands. Many of us thought he was hunting around for a place to do his business and needed some loo roll, especially when he did NOT stop us from starting to climb the opposite hill!!!
Now my memory gets foggy about the order of things. Did we get to the pub for lunch first? Did Rob hurtle down the slide on his bike first? And in what order did the several crashes ocur? Regardless, the food was great, the service was very good, and the beer, well, I have no comments but I’m sure beer is good as long as it’s beer and Bashers are drinking it!
Our array of crashes and random falls was impressive. To begin with, StickyFingers had a nice slip of the tyre, her bike went left and her body right! Doesn’t make for a good landing, and to make matters worse, I proceeded to brake as hard as I could not to hit her, but alas braked too hard and flew over the handlebars and landed quite nicely on top of StickyFingers and her bike – she walked away with some war wounds. Other falls I didn’t witness were Nick‘s topple on thick loose gravel when in a stopped position, and Joss‘s fall along a seemingly harmless path. Umplebore later provided some cushioning for my crash – which resulted in a badly bruised leg and a swollen knee!
Next on the excitement list, Rob out performed Bossy on his bicycle antics and cycled down a children’s slide. As he climbed, SchoolBoy’sDream shouted he no longer had to prove anything as he went out to Sudan for two years which should be enough for anyone! Regardless he slid successfully.
The ride on the whole was one of the best I’ve been on (no pun intended!), with an added bonus of Joss‘s trouser-dropping in the circle and JohnBoy asking some local girls to show us their t**s! He got to view FatGit‘s pierced one instead! No broken bikes this time, and one flat I think?
Here’s to the Hares and to next month’s ride – which sadly is my last as we are moving to Canada!
On!On!
Alex
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