Sunday Cycle  2^nd November 2014

I don’t think the Global Warming police work at the weekends.  Good job, otherwise Bushmills could have been in serious threat of loosing their Blue Flag status.  You see,  there was a serious and sustained leakage of CO2 (which is the worst of the greenhouse gases) in the town this morning,  and it was caused by the Carn Wheelers.  The only saving grace was a strong wind,  which helped disperse the hole in the ozone and allowed us to escape ahead the townsfolks became suspicious of our louterings and before they succumbed to the lack of good oxygen in the air.

And the reason for the CO2 spillage?  Well,  we had a few tubes to pump up.  That is a slight exaggeration.  We had one tube. But we filled it and emptied it, and filled it again, and emptied it again.  Half an hour we spent on that one wheel trying to get it just right.  Eventually we did,  and with much cheering and back-slapping,  we were able to continue our journey.

To go back to the start of the morning,  a large crowd gathered at the rec as usual.  Two groups were required and the route planned.  Adrian Glass noticed he had a puncture,  which he managed to get fixed with the minimum of fuss and only a small delay in getting the peloton on the road.

The route was Kilrea, Ballymoney, Dervock, Bushmills, Coleraine and home  (although I do believe one of the groups went home from Coleraine via Ringsend).

A strong wind from the south made the homeward leg tough,  but sure that is all good training.

Well done to all.