The met office forecasted warm and sunny and for once they
got it right. The perfect day for a bike ride.
When I got to Polar there were a few bikes waiting and more
to come. But they weren’t all there for the ride to Whitchurch. Alan nicked most
of them for Oulton Park racing. [Note from Alan - I don't think I did - and
anyway, Oulton Park was fantastic]
We were left with seven bikes including three new riders
invited by Jean. Welcome to Lee, Rory and Pam.
We found some nice A and B roads through Middlewich,
Winsford and Nantwich and onto one of my favourite roads. The A534 from Nantwich
to Wrexham is a fantastic road with a nice tea stop near the roundabout with the
A41.
After a short break we headed toward Wrexham, then took the
B5130 to bypass the town and got onto the A528 for Shrewsbury which is another
great road when the sun is out and the tarmac is dry. After lunch at the Raven
café we headed home via Stone, Leek and a short stop at Tittesworth Reservoir
near Leek. Then Clive took us on some nice single track roads to Macclesfield
where Gary took over again to lead everyone to Jeans for a drink before going
home.
A great day was had by all. Great roads, great people and
the buddy system worked perfectly.
Pictures from Jean and Derek.