Saturday 23rd April 2011 - Windsor Ride

A leisurely ride out to Windsor with Tom and Ed.  Along to Denham and the usual route out on a great morning.  Rather than go through Slough we skirted around and went through Datchet for a different arrival point which was equally impressive to see the home of the Monarch.  With a small wait for our usual cafe to open had the obligatory toast before coming back through Fulmer and Gerrards Cross.  Great ride in 2 hours 10 minutes.

Sunday 17th April 2011 - Training Ride to Windsor

After meeting at Christchurch at 7am it was sad that after going to Tom's gaffe to wait for him to mend his front tyre it burst on Blacketts Wood Drive again and he retired from action.  The rest of us continued to Chalfont Common to Gerrards Cross to Slough to Windsor at reasonable pace.  With Andrew Morley, Adam Kirkham, Kevin Watson and Steve Bailey it was a good pace and we arrived in Windsor at around 8:30 for breakfast.  Alas the coffee shop where Adam's professional carrot cake testing friend (seriously) had told us served the best carrot cake in South England was closed and we went to Costa for a quick coffee before heading back.  It was a sunny morning and the weather was really warming up as we headed back through Datchet, Iver, Pinewood Studios and Fulmer before going into Gerrards Cross and Chalfont St Giles and home.  Quick pace and around 38 miles at 16 mph.

10th April 2011 - Dash out to Berkhampstead

After a wine fueled raclette evening with Tom and David and spouses we met at top of Green Street at 7:10am with Andrew Morley, Steve Bailey and XXX.  We decided to go out to Ashridge and went through Latimer and up to Ley Hill.  On the road there we had a temporary loss of Tom and David and with the luxury of mobile telephony we agreed to meet up with them at Chesham Prep.  Although it was a clear morning it was quite chilly and we kept going to Berkhampstead where we stopped in Costa Coffee for a chat.  As there was time pressure to get back we turned for home rather than going into Ashridge we wend south into Hemel and found a great single track road to Chipperfield and back.  Another good run of around 30 miles and home for 9:45.

Sunday 3rd April 2011 - Mothers Day Ride

Tom and David go out while Ed shames them and makes Isabelle breakfast in bed and adds to his already large quantity of Brownie points.