The spring was certainly happening on our first ride of our 2015 programme. Two regular Fabs and two new recruits joined the leader on a lovely sunny morning. We headed west along the Alban Way, then up to the Watford Road using the NCN6 route. It was not quite time to stop for coffee so we did a loop along Ragged Hall Lane to Potters Crouch then back into Chiswell Green Lane. The snowdrops looked great.
This was a try-something-new ride, the new being a café only just opened. Leader did not know exactly where the café was, and hence had a bit of a route malfunction involving unnecessary roundabout revolutions - or roadcraft practice as she terms it. The backmarker had more sense and asked a passing local where the new café was.
Gentle reader, the café is called Bhaker House and is at grid reference TL 133 044, or 339 Watford Road if you prefer. We enjoyed good coffee and cake, and were made to feel very welcome. The café is run by two sisters, so a good choice for an IWD ride.
We varied our return route by using the track through Greenwood Park. Our total mileage was in fact ten miles today. Anyone who suggests that five or even ten miles is not a very long ride..... it's further than nothing.
