Friday August 26th " No Fibs Today"

Again we had five for the ride,Eloise,Carl,DaveN,Alan and myself.We went from Vincetown,thru Pemberton,to Juliustown,Jobstown and on to the bakery.Clocked 29.08 in 2hours and 44 minutes.Started out in a pretty dense fog that took longer to burn off than I anticipated but the day did turn sunny.This concludes our rides for disaster week.Let's hope Irene makes a sharpe right and leaves us all safe.

Tuesday August23rd "A Nice Quite Ride,Nothing Earth Shaking....That Came Later"

Only five for the ride on this beautiful day,ChrisT,Cindy,Olga,DaveN,and myself.Kept the pace easy for29.35miles in 3 hours and 9 minutes,Chris and Olga add a mile.Pleasant almost fall like but no falling leaves.A little detour in the Lakes otherwise nothing of note.That came latter as the earthquake past through the area. Hope all are well.

Sun, 8-21-11, to Chatsworth from Southampton

No rain in these pictures

Tuesday August 16th "Oh No,Don't Let The Rain Come Down"

The sun was shining when we left St.Peter's and rode the new smooth shoulder on Taunton Blvd..Another good turn out consisting of ChrisT,Cindy,Kathy,and Olga,the guys were DaveB,DaveN,JohnK,a new JohnD( not our JohnnyD)and myself making nine riders.It was smooth sailing to Conte's with some breakaways and a nice steady pace maintained by the rest under a clear sky and great temperature conditions. At Conte's we saw dark clouds forming to the north,we knew there would be rain on our return.Chatter ,laughs,and donuts at Conte's before our shower,it dumped on us on McKinnemanRd. then cleared.Though soaked to the bone our spirits were still high.The riders were out to enjoy the day and a hellacious rain was no problem for them.On the serious side everyone handled a dangerous situation extremely well.I computed 32.57 miles in 3 hours and 9 minutes.Once again I had coffee and donut at Conte's sat at the north end of the table and was left alone by the flies,I think I've solved my fly problem at Conte's.Next problem is JohnK sneaking pics before and after the rides,believe me folks his camera puts 50lbs. on me,the donuts have nothing to do with it.It was a very good group and except for the downpour a good ride also.

Friday, Aug 12

Beautiful day for a bike ride.
Thank you all for a warm "welcome back"
Thank you Bill for another great ride.


Where is Bill?
Ah, there he is.

Carl has a new shirt. Nice !

Good to meet you Chris A. and Dave N. Good breakaways Fran, Kathy, Yoli, Eloise and Chris, and Carl.
And Cindy was on board in good form.
Great to be back. :) I hope I can join the group more often.
John
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Friday August 12 "Weather Made For Cycling"

Beautiful day for a ride and ten of us took advantage of it.Arrived at Southampton to find Kathy,Eloise,and Carl.Fran pulled in before I had the engine shut down.ChrisA,Yoli,then JohnK,next came DaveN followed by Cindy.Some really good smiles even before we started to ride.Mirror Lake was our destination and the group used about 7 miles for warm-up before takeing advantage of breakaways.When I called a turn or an obstacle it sounded like a choir behind me,the pack mentality was in effect and the group was into it.A lot of chatter behind me which is always a sound of happiness,even got me involved when Kathy and Eloise came to the front and got me talking.The day was beautiful,the group was fantastic and I truly believe everyone enjoyed the ride.It's nice to see people return to ride and meet someone new like DaveN who rode with the group back in the day.Comments were made about how calm and pretty Mirror Lake appeared.Today was a positive,upbeat,pleasant ride and I thank you all for the experience.Clocked 32.50 miles in 3 hours and 9 minutes. Hope to see everyone again soon. Bill

Tuesday August 9th

Fran,Olga,Nancy,Chris,JoeT,Dave,and myself for this ride.Duke was at the parking lot,but received a phone call and left,come back Duke we miss you.Went out of Lumberton and did 10miles on the east side of 541 with a break at SJ Regional Airport.Over to Kirby'sMill(tried to relate the mill to Derwin Kirby but this group is wise to me),down ChurchRd,across ChairvilleRd.,then down Hawkins.A lot of breakaways,miles adding up,and a fast pace.This caught up with a rider at 206 and we stopped the ride there.Dave called his wife,Judith,and she gave an auto ride back to Lumberton to the downed rider.We all thank Dave and Judith for their aid and kindness.The rest of us returned to Lumberton with 32.95 miles.The strickened rider is fine,played golf on Wed.and walked a good distance on Thursday.

Friday August 5th

Today we had five riders,Yoli,Eloise,Carl,JohnD,plus me leave from Southampton to Conte's via Retreat Rd.Very nice day,easy pace,and when I called breakaway ,Yoli and Eloise would pick up speed.JohnnyD was content to just get miles in and paced himself behind me,he's doing alot of riding,some at night with a C+ group,I think he's become the premeire rider amongst us.Good for you John,keep it up!Carl was steady again as sweep.Now the flies at Conte's have been giving me some bad bites so I purchased a coffee and apple cider donut and stood at the north end of the picnic table.Don't know if the flies are trained or if I tricked them,but I got no bites.We returned in three hours and traveled 29.52 miles.At the end Yoli stated that she greatly enjoys the rides and feels a sense of camradarie.I think she spoke for all of us.

Tuesday August 2nd " Murphy's Law Ride"

 Nine of us went out from Lumberton on this ride.Kathy,Nancy,Chris,and Barbra,also JoeT,Jukka,Rich,Dave,and myself.Things were rolling along until we were missing one rider after crossing Rt.38.Soon a phone rang,the missing rider was a 1/4 mile back with a flat.Got that fixed and we went into Railroad Ave. for a quick pit stop.Left the rest area and soon heard "rider off".Another rider with a small mechanical problem.Onward we go,when the light changed at 'Charlies' Other Brothers' ' I flew down that hill hopeing to make up time,left on Oxmead breakaway to stop sign at Jacksonville Rd. and regroup.Only eight heads,one missing.Back to the cell phones,made contact and regrouped at Maggie's famous 'nose bleed parking lot'.On to the bakery via WarnerRd.,the shade on WarnerRd. was much appreciated.We had a good break.Leaving the bakery a rider went down avoiding a car,bad knee scrape no scratches on new bike.Crossing Rt.38 a driver on a cellphone put a little scare into us.Murphy's Law,what can go wrong will go wrong.The up side, except for a bloody knee we all came back safe.I shortened the ride so we did 26 miles in 3 hours 22 minutes.I think we'll avoid Smithville Rd. for a while.
 Now Friday,remember the flies at Conte's? Do I bring a fly swatter or insecticide?Conte's flies can really hurt.