Day 270 - A Night of 4 Punctures

It was great to be back on the road with the AVP for our regular Thursday Evening ride after a 2 week break. 10 of us rode out at 6:45 pm into what are now very dark evenings.

We headed out to Axminster and up the Combe Road climb. Through Rousden, Combyne, Musbury and Wyke we made excellent time with very few stops. It was looking like we'd be back early at the Kings Arms for once. Then, while making a quick dash along the A35 before turning onto Trinity Hill, disaster struck as both Ed and Jolly suffered punctures, Ed one in each tyre! After a frenzied 20 minute activity of replacing inner tubes under combined lighting of streetlamp and high lumin spots, we were back rolling again. Ed taking it very easy as his tyres were quite badly split.

Then, just as we thought we may actually still make the usual time for the meet with mountain pedallers at the Kings Arms, Andy called out that he now also had a flat! Luckily it was a slow puncture which in then end just needed a blast of air to make it back.

Although late, we decided we would stop for a quick apres ride beer and chips, as we needed discuss our plan for a long Saturday ride which we'd though up last Sunday after the successful social ride out to Bridport. More on what we decided later.