Saturday morning it was in the low 50’s when Bruce and I left my house for the shop. Arm warmers were the order of the morning till we arrived at the shop.
Both he and I had time constraints with our goal being to be back to my house at 11am.
We have a nice 13 mi warm up to the shop where a couple of dozen riders were waiting for us. Daren and Natalie graced us with their presence as well. Also a long time Gamache rider, James, from Hollis NH rode down to join us as well. It’s been at least 10 years since I’ve seen him but he looked in great shape as usual.
We were not 3 mi into the ride crossing over Route 2 before we received our verbal over the speaker system reprimand from a state trooper about riding in the middle of the road. Another demerit for the ride leader that day.
So we did a 65 mile loop where we touched upon Shirley, West Groton, Pepperell, Hollis NH, Merrimack NH, Amherst NH, Milford NH, Brookline NH, Townsend, West Townsend, Lunenburg and back to the shop. Lots of new roads for many riders Saturday in the towns we touched in NH. We pretty much kept the group together the whole ride. Some separations as usual on the hills but we always re-grouped to ensure everyone was together for the next segment.
Was 10:15 when we were in Milford NH so I knew getting home at 11am was not going to be doable. Bruce and I arrived back at my house in West Townsend at 11:20am.
Thanks to Stefano Zimei here the link with all his details for this past Saturday’s ride.
http://connect.garmin.com/activity/44483129
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12 years ago
You got called out by a Statie?
ReplyDeleteWow, that's like a triple infraction. You should be kicked off the ride.
When are you going to be back on the Tuesday night ride? Only a few more left before Daren shuts it down so he can concentrate on his golf game.