We were being rather brave, setting out on a 12 mile ride, with a big hill, but we had a really good route, making use of cycle routes and bridleways and tracks, so only about a third of the mileage was on road.
Lots of interest, we went through four former hospital sites - Hill End, Cell Barnes, Napsbury and Porters Park. We dallied long enough over our scones and coffee for the Saunterers to reach Shenley after their longer ride round. On the way back we took out some busy B road and substituted bridleway, so in the end we did a 14 mile ride. This time we mended the puncture in the sunshine, well, in the shade actually. A massive thorn.
