and then there were five .....

Six of us showed up for the Monday afternoon ride yesterday, with Les vociferously pleading for "no more hills" after Thursday's traumatic experience at Glenlivet. A Drum loop was agreed and off we all set, but I only got as far as the graveyard before my back tyre went again - for the second time in a week - and I had to trudge off homewards to effect repairs again.

Three times I had the wheel off, each time trying out different inners, but eventually I had to give up and go to the bike shop and buy a couple of new inner tubes.

The remaining five - Les, Ken P, Jeff, Bob and a rare appearance of John Meaden, carried onwards and, according to Les' Strava stats, completed a loop of 33 kms - https://www.strava.com/activities/365797715. No reports of any other incidents and no photos.

This morning I went out on a short (19 kms) Myrebird loop to test my tyres and I'm pleased to say I made it home intact this time: