Friday 26th March - Father and son ride out together

Although the weather forecast had been poor, Friday started off dry and Chris with his son, Albert decided to fit in a short ride in advance of leaving on the family ski trip.

The route took in Old Burghclere and then Kingsclere, climbing up to Hannington before descending to Overton. the roads were dry and the sun came out but there was a strong south westerly wind which made the going tough at times.

At Overton the main road was joined, just after Chris was nearly "taken out" by a City Link van. Chris had seen it sitting at the junction and as he approached it started to pull out, luckily both parties put on their brakes and a collision was avoided. Could have been nasty, Chris was doing over 25mph!

After Overton it was on to Whitchurch and then a pleasant ride back through Crux Easton and a fast descent into Highclere. Albert was told he would win 10 Euros for the ski trip if he won the sprint for the Highclere sign but Chris made sure this wasn't to be. A fast last mile or so at nearly 30 mph through the village ended a good ride.

30 miles in just over two hours.

No cycling for a week as it's off to the slopes for all but one of the Tourmalet team.