Old Gits go to Burnham in the rain 20

Six Old Gits met in the rain for the monthly ride down to Burnham on Sea.  Going out through Uphill nature reserve, picked up Geoff, the seventh.  It was rain all the way to the tea stop at Reeds Hotel on Burnham sea front, hampered by a headwind.  Mother Nature must have been smiling on us as the rain had stopped as we left and the wind, now behind us, seemed to have picked up a bit.

Awkward stile in the nature reserve.

Looking back, the last time we had rain like earlier today was the first week in November and that was the first time for ages.  Overall we have been quite lucky on our Tuesday morning jaunts.  Musn't complain.  Coffee and a snack went down well with sharing our experiences of air flight, in particular airports.  Twenty minutes on that subject and we found the answers to all airline problems.  Going back through the nature reserve at Uphill, the stiles either side of the reserve a particularly evil type of kissing gate stile, have to be negotiated. Normally, when there is a lot of us, a 'radar' key is produced which helps but seven of us did not justify its use. One can only hope that the man who thought of putting these on a national cycle track got the sack!

As this was a shortened version of our normal route to Burnham due to the rain, only covered just under 20 miles today.

PS.    Ever wondered what 'radar' stands for?  The idea, in 1981 came from the Royal Association of Disability And Rehabilitation society to ensure toilets were available for disabled people although they are freely on sale to all.