Callum was here early, then Jack rang to say he had a puncture and came up to mend it. It turned out to be so slow that it didn’t really need mending for the ride, and he didn’t have a pump, but as we had got the wheel off we changed it for one of Ash’s tubes while Michael fixed the puncture.

We finally left around 10.55, planning a short ride in view of the rather miserable weather. George felt tired so John took him home from the bottom of Dean Hill. The rest of us continued to South Brent Co-op for refreshments. John met us there while we were sheltering from a patch of real rain.

We returned home via Lutton and Nurston, getting back for 12.55. There was the usual games social after the ride until 3.35.