a ctc welcome for a slow climber

after best part of 25 years yesterday i thought it time to try a proper club ride,over the past 18 months i have rode with other cyclists but not with a club,so i used to ride with the sheffield da ctc,so found out they were meeting meadow head

so 9.30 on time to be welcomed with the gift of thier latest magazine,thankyou.

a familiar face in pat wilson,and the rest of the crowd welcomed me with coments that they had never had a recumbent trike ride with them before and over the day i found out why,recumbent and road bikes dont mix with hills ,recumbent was far too slow up hill,but credit due they waited (regulaly)for me to catch up at the top.

ctc still means cafe to cafe glad to see, with 3 cafe stops things havent altered that much,realy enjoyed myself,but as the afternoon wore on i decided to let the bunch go ahead and i opted for the main roads home.(thanks for the concerns over my welfare but i honestley felt fine just needed to let you lads and lasses get on rather than waiting for me on every hill)

up the a61 may sound a bad choice of roads but on the trike i do find traffic does not bother me even climbing dronfield by pass i was not alarmed,arriving at the top to catch a glance of two of the riders on a side track that i had left earlier so im glad i let them get off without me.i arrived back at meadow head just before dark,fine result.although riding in the dark doesnt bother me as most of my cycling is done after work in the dark.

once again if anyone from the sheffield ctc is reading thanks for the day out.