More Old Git's trips.

Yours truly in the shadow of Glastonbury Tor.  Taken today at what will be the last ride this week.  There are  the remnants of Hurricane Lorenzo hitting the south west over the weekend so time to get some miles in.



Tuesday 1st was an Old Gits day down to Burnham on Sea. The forecast was atrocious and it was debatable whether not go or not.  On with all the wet weather gear, give it a try, and never saw a drop of rain!  9 turned up for tea and toast at Wethersppons on the sea front.
Wednesday 2nd was a decent sunny day but a lot chillier. 5 Old Gits decided to get an extra ride in and we headed into the Mendips  to the  little village of Shipham. Quite a climb from the Levels, up to about 460', but worth it for the tea and huge piece of cake at the little community cafe on the village green.  Round the table we all agreed to try a 60+ miler the following day.  Madness!
Thursday 3rd.  5 Old Gits (and a wife) started off from the promenade at 8.30 on an even chillier day (12 degrees. Longs on) to go over to Somerton to the south of Glastonbury.  Into a head wind leaving Weston we climbed off the levels to the long ridge at 200 feet that follows the A39.  A bit miffed that we could not get a cup of tea before our destination when we spotted a sign outside Edington village hall.  "Cafe open the first Thursday every month". Hang on, that's today.  A quick turn round and a nice cup of tea(£1) and a free biscuit.  Bargain.  How lucky is that.  Suitably refreshed, we carried on to Somerton to the Buttercross Cafe near the old market place for tea and cake.  No names mentioned but a full English was consumed whilst we were there.

Back to Weston after that and a THIRD stop for refreshments at Sweets Cafe.  Well, after 47 miles couldn't really go sailing past one of our favourite watering holes.  Personally, I can say those big sofas felt really comfortable.  A pity to leave them to be honest.

Returning to Weston we came across this mud across the Mendip Road just past Rooksville. Needless to say, this has been reported to the local council.  By this time it had started to rain and the road surface for the next 500 yards was very slippery.

Finished at Weston in a shower without further incident. Our target was 100K or 62.6 miles and we all achieved that.  I had a personal best for distance, 63.8 miles, and 158 for the week, so far.  On a technical note, careful management of my bike's battery use on the way out to Somerton meant I finished with 33% battery life remaining at the finish.