Having been distracted by a variety of events, including three legged fancy dress beer races, music festivals and holidays, to say nothing of a new job, the blog has been somewhat neglected for the past couple of months. Indeed cycling has slipped down the pecking order of late making the slog up Sundon Hill the other week exceptionally hard.
Anyway, things seem to be settling down and I have twin mid-year resolutions:- to ride more (and get fit) and to keep the blog up to date.
There's no point in trying to backfill the last few weeks but there are a few events and non-events that warrant mention: -
- For the second year in succession and the third in total, Blunty has been training for L'Etape and as I type he is on his way to France to tackle another stage of the Tour De France (see post 17/7/09). Watch out for an up-date on his return.
- Two other members enjoyed a slightly less taxing ride in France and were careless enough to provide the photographic evidence.
- Our fittest member- Everton, has become our first pensioner having taken early retirement. Unfortunately for the rest of us, this means even more time for him to train/ride and he's fitter than ever. At least the 100 miles he did before joining us last week slowed him down a little.
- Attending the opening of the new 170 mile Chiltern Cycleway, Mark the Fireman managed to get a picture of himself and his club shirt next to Mark Webber.
- We were denied the opportunity to defend the Ampthill Festival Boules crown as the competition was cancelled or deferred until later in the summer
- We finally got to hand over one of our new shirts to our proud sponsors- The Old Sun- see photo opposite
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