I was told not to look at the route last night as last week I refused to do the OVC route as it was too hilly! This week we decided to do this weeks OVC route, hence the warning from Rob! 4 miles down the road and I thought I was riding with Paul Bignell who appears to have passed on his curse to Rob! One puncture repair later and we were on our way! Got to Burton Latimer a bit earlier in the route that I expected, and we were hoping to meet up with Rosalyn Behan and Asa Behan, but after crawling for about 4 miles couldn't locate The Old Vic! As it turned out they cancelled due to weather anyway!
The further out from Burton we got the more suspicious I became!
Rb had only downloaded the route from last week!!!!:-O! Over 2000 ft of climbing along with the wind and drizzle! If there is a moment when the toys were flung this was it! Red mist descended and so did the right grump! I didn't recover from this until I had climbed the wollaston hill - the one I have avoided at all costs! Thanks for that lovely route Asa! Next time I will be a bit more careful!