A Groupetta ride to join the HCMF meet at The Tichborne Arms. A comparatively short ride. A good crowd of members at the pub. Everyone with their own tales of recent rides and weather conditions!
We did encounter a lot of snow in Ropley on the hill coming down from Gundleton. However there was a clear road through it. I nearly took a tumble at the bottom of the steepest climb of the day when my front wheel shot away from me on some gravel. I managed to stay on the bike but was a bit shaken and had to take a breather. Not the best preparation for climbing that steep pitch up the lane which crosses the Cheriton Battlefield Site. The last part of that lane was extremely muddy where a farm uses the lane a lot. After we left the pub we only had just over a mile to get home so as it was such a lovely sunny afternoon I decided to do an extra few miles via Medstead. and the Wields. Another enjoyable day out on Paris with Andrew and Cycmon.