Today’s ride took us up Dean Hill and on to South Brent where we called into the Co-op so that Lawrence could buy himself a frozen pizza for his lunch. He must have been keen to eat it as power up the hills on our return route via Lutton and Bloody Pool. We had seen a Horizon programme recently that suggested a few ten-second stints of maximum effort was as effective for fitness as a very long spell of half-hearted exercise, so he diligently followed the guide today.

Lawrence managed to come off his bike on the way down Nurston hill, but he only landed in mud so there was no real damage done. He went home to change while the rest of us got back for 1pm. There was the usual games social after the ride until 3.45 that included a few games of Halo. And of course Lawrence wasted no time getting back up so he could cook his pizza.