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On today’s little sojourn were Capt. Alex, Mad John, Radio John (Bolti’s brother), Bolti, Johnny, Mad John, Mick the Ref and Son of Johnson (Craig, that’s me). FEB rang in with a note from his mum saying he was sick, Alex arrived with a late note.

We set off along the finest asphalt that Kirklees had to offer. The Sowerby Crew offered us a tow to Brighouse as they turned towards Halifax and Peckett Well. We hadn’t even got out of Mirfield before Mad John lost his bottle (literally), casualty to a Kirklees crater . On to Baliff Bridge we turned left up the first hill and made our way to that place with it’s own weather system, Queensbury.

On through Denholme and down into Keighley we met some random Thorpers at Rossi’s for second breakfast. Geoff and Damian put in an  appearance with Martin turning up later. The Captain suffered a rebellion in the cafe as some of the more dedicated members decided to go back via Pecket Well and Cragg Vale.

At the Haworth roundabout the club split in two. Climbing up towards Peckett Well the headwind got stronger the higher you got. It became a bit of a Cher concert by now, with a suitable amount of changes as the  jackets were taken off for the uphill and put back on for the downhill.

Two of the team were suffering today. Johnny with the start of a cold and Mad John wasn’t his usual happy, fast and carefree self. From Cragg Vale we had a rear wind…. which was nice. I recorded 46.5mph coming into Rishworth (nice wide road) and returning through Brighouse. Total just short of 60 miles with an average of 15.1 mph.

Good time had by all, home in time to watch BSB and WSB.