A Riverside Report

Riverside 2 Riverside Ride Report

I had been watching the weather forecast all week and the spell of nice weather brought in a flurry of entries in the last 2 weeks. Wednesday 17th August started well with bright sunshine seeing 62 riders off from Jenner’s cafe in Maidenhead. We beat our record for a midweek ride as last year we had only 47 riders!!

There were riders and bikes of all shapes, sizes and ages, most of which managed around the course. It was good to see many of the regulars rolling up for another Riverside 2 Riverside and also many new faces as well. Thanks to Ian and Annie Birch who gathered up a crowd of Hillingdon CC and to Graham of Redhill CC who made it their midweek ride. It was great to see a good turnout of Willesden riders 12 or so in all.

Thanks also to Gladys andRon Purdy for coming to see the ride in at Jenners. A big thank you to John and Mick, I couldn’t do it without you

Thanks for all your support guys. The ride saw many ups, the biggest and best being Turville Hill and a few downs before reaching our 2nd riverside cafe in Benson. We had a few DNF mainly due to the heat. I think most people enjoyed it despite the heat and Turville Hill.

Anne Mograby – R2R organiser