Hi All,

I'm leading tonight and have a few variants of the usual ride up my sleeve if required. Should be a warm and dry evening (odd T-storm unlikely) so take plenty of fluids, y'all.

Pub is the Over Community Centre - this has plenty of space and beer is better than usual price. For those who are planning cycling in to Cambridge for the start (Pete T??), I'm leaving my house (postcode CB24 5LX, 2 Hemington Close) at about 18:30. The ride in is about 11 miles.

No doubt, Pat will be joining us a bit later, pickled in his own brine.

PT

Hi Tom,

I'm afraid I cannot do the ride this year - am shovelling gravel (only two more 0.5 cubic metre bags to empty...) and even if I get half of one bag done, I'll be far too knackered to ride a bike.

Hope there is a decent turnout - at least there is no game of national importance tonight, as far as I know.

I feel your pain Pete T. I had to shovel six 0.5 m3 bags of aggregate to use as foundations for the extension at Fenduro HQ. I ordered mine from Madingley Mulch as I quite like the green bags. In the end I over ordered by 1.5 m3 so have been shawshanking a load to various places and am saving some for a future project.

Hi FC, thanks for your sympathy - I was lucky to get a lad in to help this evening, and we got it done by 21:00. Any way, yes we got the gravel from Madingly Mulch, delivered free, and so much cheaper than those internet sharks. I too like the green bags!