16th May 2013 - Ings + meal

Well 8 turned out for the meal at the Watermill, Ings. 5 went on a short ride around 3 rivers, 2 met them half way but avoided the rivers (toooooo wet ;)) and one rode out via Barbon! roll call; Charlie, George, Ian, Joel, Neil, Grant, Jamie and CT. Apparently it did not rain on the short ride, but it did rain on the road ride, given that it started at 5pm and there were many puddles forming on the roads road spray was in evidence. Looking at JPs bike there was mud on the short ride! see photo for evening light looking over Kendal.

The lakes bathed in evening sunlight, or has it just rained!

It was a busy night at the pub, there was a meeting in the other dining area so everyone was crammed in, we negotiated some smaller tables and joined them together. A couple had salmon starter and it was excellent, the main courses were scoffed down in usual manner of hungry cyclists! 
Prior to the grub Neil had heard about CT's plan for a mini-tour de Pyrenees in June and not one to miss out on Inspirational guidance offered a small gift, see photo! It must be said that Charlie is also heading to the Pyrenees a week or so later and aims to do the coast to coast, but she has a triple on her bike, easy ride then ;)

OK, so we have the socks now just to get the T-shirt!

Next ride is Haverthwaite, enjoy.