Present at the start were andy , matt, rich c, jack, les,  brad, adrian, phil r, mad john and sky john, and me making a good number of 11 thorpers. So of we sped with sky john again dictating the tempo which just made it that little bit harder with a fresh northerly head wind blowing. So over the tops we went for a quick brew at rossi , where we were met by geoff and my mate gaz[he with the tandem].  Off we went back into the cold, always nice to think the the wind would be there to blow us home and not change direction isn”t it! anyway jack pulled us along nicely as we sped onto skipton, getting there el pres pulled of for otley and it was here that adrian seemed the struggle with the tempo, not surprising really as he was just wearing a thin t”shirt, so with that we seemed to split up as we pushed onto hebden.   Hebden… for those not out it was a nice run to the cafe, and its somewhere we can head for again, but sadly we hit it when it  was full with walkers, and the sight of 12 cyclist just made them panic, a touch understaffed.  it took some 50 minutes to get served, next time we will drop into bursall me thinks. Now it could be easy to be seen as a dirty old man, but no!  im not going to say to much as im sure women and children read this blog, all i will say john is the next time we go lets take a saw and lower the table so that little belter issy has to bend down just that little bit more.mmm nice!   a quick decicion made was because we had lost time was to head home via addington and home via keithly.  And yes that wind did turn around so we had a head wind going home.   unsure of mileage so if someone can give out number please.    for the record… beans on toast with cheese with an egg[on a different plate]