The magnificent seven put on their colourful capes and went for a cycle ride, Teresa in the lead.
The Alban Way was lush and green.
Good news - the verges have had a strim, so the chances of nettles stinging your knees or cow parsley catching in your wheels are much reduced. The roses and elderflowers were lovely, that stretch between Smallford and Nast Hyde Halt is beautiful and clips from handlebar-cam footage don't do them justice.
As the group was all people who have been out before and as it had rained quite a bit, we left out the intended off-road exploration of Ellenbrook Fields and everyone did the further faster loop through the College Lane campus and around Bullen's Green and Colney Heath.
It was beginning to brighten up by the time we reached Bullen's Green, and the headwind soon dried us off. We appreciated the considerate drivers through Colney Heath, not what you always get. We partook of refreshments at Notcutts and then headed back along the Alban Way. About eleven miles
