Saturday 11th April 2015

Youth Ride - Tour of the Reservoir. While some of the pro women riders were involved in racing we were doing our very own tour of Bough Beech.  We were low on numbers so tackled one of our simple favourites.  Hope and Claire set of five minutes before the rest of us and obviously made good progress as we didn't catch sight of them until we turned off the Causeway.  Good timing from them as we obliged with a tow before reaching the downhill section.  By this time the rain was heavy so we sandwiched Hope up front and did what the KVK do best; pace it back school.  There was limited enthusiasm for adding a loop, so we called it a day and agreed to meet up later for the Penshurt Ride.  At 16 miles plus a couple home it seems that was Hope's longest ride, good to see Luke back in the saddle and riding well.

Damian fixing Luke's puncture ;-)

Penshurst Trail. It was sunny and warm when we met up at Tonbridge Park.  The usual crowd plus Freddie and Robin.  Conditions were fairly dry, with just a few muddy puddles left from earlier in the day.  Polly tried hard to avoid these (she wanted to keep her grey shorts clean).  We made good progress towards Penshurst and regrouped at the bottom of the hill and handicapped the riders for their climb to the top. I don't know who got their first but I definitely arrived last, beaten by a last minute sprint from Freddie.  A quick jelly stop before we headed back down.  We dropped Freddie and Robin off at Hayesden for an ice cream and then headed back to Tonbridge.

Next Week: Saturday 18th April
Youth Ride: 9.30am Road Bikes Only
Ride Out: Penshurst Trail, meet at Tonbridge Park 1.45pm for a 2pm start.  Return 3.30pm - 4pm