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April
2000 Richard, David, Shavey, Damon, Nigel, Martyn, Gary
and Leandro – The North Downs Way nr Wye, Ashford, Kent
It
had rained for about 2 months solid before we went, and we basically rode 20 miles
through water and mud. Totally exhausting. | ||
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Group Fog : A great photo opportunity takes our minds off the fact that we are totally lost in the fog! Left
to right: David, Nigel, Damon, Gary,
Leandro, Shavey and me
at the front in the fetching green jacket | ||
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Boy David is sent on to scout which bits of water
the rest of us should ride around! | ||
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David
is on his steel framed Scott with the tastefully coloured RST forks and headset | ||
| Nigel
was a ‘friend of a friend’ and had been told that it would be a nice day
out enjoying the countryside. He was on a bike that looked like it had never been
ridden before and hated it from start to finish. | ||
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Nigel
looking fed up. This was taken just after he had taken a fall. I think he
sold his bike shortly afterwards! | ||
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Group
Bluebell Dance : Shavey persuades the boys to
recreate the pagan ritual of dancing in the bluebells, but they decline to follow tradition by
doing it naked! This beautiful scenery was only slightly spoilt
by the burnt out fiesta we had passed 100 yards further back | ||
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More
bluebells only spoilt by a sweaty David being
in the picture | ||
| August
2000 Encouraged by summer weather I went out for an evening ride with David and his mate Keith. Went to Belmont_Downs and Track_40. The
SIS rear derailleur was playing up (chain grinding, gears jumping) and even an
old geezer of about 70 on a bike with a basket on the front took the piss out
of me recommending I get a Sturmey Archer. Anyway, it was great fun, and we all
agreed we would go out every week for the rest of the summer.
Oh
well, best intentions and all that, you know how it is, we didn’t go out again
for four_months | ||
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