Thursday 15th March
Today our ride was to The Musgrave Arms in Shillington. Peter & I Geoff arrived at Wetherspoons on a dull & miserable morning expecting a low turnout, but this surprisingly was not the case. Eventually we were joined by Sandra, Roy, David R, Tony Furby & Frank C. We headed out on our usual route through Ickleford to Holwell where we met Adrian and also Jacky who followed us through Pirton and on to Shillington. We were very early and decided to take an extra loop out around the north end of Shillington. At this point David R left us to take a longer route out before returning to Letchworth and Tony left us to head back to Hitchin. We arrived at the pub just before opening time. John was already there having arrived early which is unusual as he is normally so punctual. We were also joined by Bridget who had driven there. The food was excellent as always at this venue and plenty of banter was forthcoming. Our return route was directly back as the weather deteriorated somewhat. Total distance for the main group was 22 miles at an average of about 11.5mph. Weather was reasonably dry with a light wind from the south but rather wetter for our return.
