The changeable weather made it difficult to decide what to do. Rain was forecast and definitely in the air, so we chose a circuitous route past the new Pennywell farm centre to Rattery. There were plenty of wild strawberries in the hedge despite the attempts by the vandelous road-builders to knock out all the hedgerows: is this hedge cutting or hedge demolition?

There was a nasty little shower at Rattery (no, not us), so we turned towards Harbourneford, then (as it had stopped now) proceeded to Gidley Bridge. Here the rain came down in earnest, so there was nothing to do but ride for home as fast as the conditions would allow.