Adrian, Paul G and Paul W-R thought it would be a good opportunity to
get some more miles under their training belt. Both Pauls got some
early training in with an ice cool pear cider on the train journey on
their way home from London. Although neither would advocate mixing
alcohol and cycling as an effective training regime, they did try to
claim it was part of their five a day intake. After meeting at
Caversham church, they headed west towards Pangbourne via Mapledurham.
This leg took them through some rolling countryside on a mixture of
tarmac and loose shale. From Pangbourne they turned south towards
Sulhan and then climbed the small hill up to the Romantic Folly, which
is called the Pigeon Tower. From there they continued south towards
junction 12 of the M4 and headed towards Theale via the footbridge to
join the Kennet and Avon Canal at lock no 101, Shenfield Lock. They
then headed east back towards Reading and valiantly resisted the
temptation to stop off for refreshment at the Cunning Man. Finally just
as they were arriving back into Reading on the newly laid tarmac path
they suffered their only puncture of the day but with formula 1 style
speed they had the wheel off, inner tube out, new inner tube in and
inflated and wheel back before Rachel could apply her lippy. Although
they didn't break any speed records all said that they enjoyed this
social training run.
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