After waiting in the Concord Center parking lot for about 15 minutes after the designated start time for the 31 mile (short) ride, we declared the ride leader to be MIA. We decided to follow the route on our own as a number of us had the GPS route loaded. After some indecision on the direction of the first turn out of the parking lot we set out toward Lincoln for a designated rendezvous. It became evident that we had two different pace preferences, so a fast group, led by Ted, set out ahead. I led the group that elected a WW pace. We were nine total. The route was simple to follow once those of us with the RideWithGPS App learned to ignore the seemingly random voice directions that occasionally told us to take a sharp turn onto the road we were already on and then turn around. (Tip: always check your automatically generated cues.) Weather was brisk and bright and everyone seemed to be adequately dressed, with the possible exception of one rider in shorts. See photo at Sherman's Bridge. The group split at lunch with some of us stopping at Verrill Farm for a sandwich and the others heading back directly. Thank you Kaz for sweeping and Jimmy for an enjoyable route. Sorry you missed it.