Our last Sunday ride in 2009. Only a team of four out with many away or otherwise engaged with family etc. The group comprised: Pete, Steve, Chris and his son, Albert.
Steve slipped off on the ice within 50 metres of starting and we had to walk over two icy sections within the first mile or so. Therefore, the decision was made to stick to well used roads, this turned out to be a good one.
We headed out towards Kingsclere and on up towards the Hannington Mast. Any lingering thoughts of climbing up to Hannington were quickly dismissed with one look of the still snow covered road. A gentle descent followed into Overton until the last mile when Steve seriously wound up the pace for the Overton sign. Chris had to sprint twice; once to get his wheel and second time to narrowly ease past him. We continued on the main road to Whitchurch with another couple of sign sprints and then it was up the hill out of Whitchurch and a fair bit of "half wheeling" building up the pace to cross the A34 and back to Highclere via Egbury and Crux Easton.
Steve and Pete pulled away at Egbury and Chris rode home with Albert who had been stuck in the large chainring on his new bike for most of the ride(no wonder he was dropped on the climbs!) but this was finally sorted out for the last two pulls of the day.
All in all, a short ride of only 27 miles with a few light showers and a strengthening westerly wind.
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