Firstly, some bad news.  A couple of riders had a spill today on the cafe run.  I wasn’t there but understand John Craddock was taking the 90 degree bend as you drop into Shelley from Emley and came off injuring himself and required an ambulance and admittance to hospital 

No news on condition as yet. 

dave Sugden was  following on and  may have fallen avoiding John but didn’t need ambulance. 

The roads were very slippy today and the stretches near the cafe had ice across the  whole road 

I wonder if we’d be safer moving back to the 0930 or slightly later to allow the ice to melt on the quiet roads.  What seems to happen  is if younger riders set off close to the older ones, they move earlier as they only want a steady ride, if we aren’t careful we’ll need lights to start! 

The windmills will be closed from Xmas eve to 10th january so we’ll need an alternative then