A few days before our first ride of the year the forecast was showing sunshine and warmth, alas, Saturday dawned damp and chill, after overnight rain. We had sixteen riders, split evenly between the Fabulous and Further Faster groups.
The Further Faster group left first, heading along the Alban Way, then up NCN6 to Watford Road and off onto the lanes. Ragged Hall Lane was in an even worse state than usual, flooded and gravelly and potholed. The group were relieved to make it to the Holly Bush unscathed.
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Time to turn in the direction of coffee, down via Noke Lane to the Watford Road, along through Chiswell Green and down Tippendell Lane to Greenwood Park and the Lazy Llama.
The Fabulous group followed on the same route up to Potters Crouch, stopping to admire the daffodils at East Farm. The duckpond is full but the ducks were elsewhere.
From Potters Crouch they took the more direct route to coffee, coming down Chiswell Green Lane, admiring the Royal Entomological Society's large mini-beast and the cherry blossoms and keeping a sharp lookout for the potholes and gravel banks.
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It was too cold to hang around though, and we made our way back to St Albans, shedding riders along the way.
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