8 join me for my mainly off-road ride to St Albans. Things took a rather surreal turn at the 11s stop at Morrisons in Croxley where we were entertained by a man attempting to put a 6foot high inflatable Jedi warrior into his car boot when it wouldn’t fit he wrestled it into the back seat.
We took route 61 to St Albans passing through Bricket wood with plenty of off road stretches which were mercifully dry & free of mud although Bernie had come equipped with his rear wheel mud de-clogging tool which looks very similar to a butter knife.
We passed through Verulamium park where we saw the Roman ruins and then the cathedral. Lunch at the Waterend barn arrived promptly.
The return trip took us through Bedmond then a long stretch of the Grand Union canal. At various points I offered the option to leave the canal and ascend into the Chilterns but Jim Swan was enjoying the tow path so much that we stayed on all the way back to Croxley Moor where we rejoined the Ebury way to Rickmansworth.
Afternoon Tea was at the Spoons in Ricky where we split up to take different routes home.
A brilliant sunny warm day and a mud-free off road trip.