Sunday Cycle 9th March 2014
Sunday Cycle 9th March
2014
A dull, dry, calm and cool Sunday morning,
and 24 bikelists gathered at the rec.
Somebody called the route, and we were off.
The route this week was Tobermore, Curran,
Knockcloghrim, Gulladuff, Culnady, Inisrush, Clady, Portglenone, Largy, Randalstown,
Staffordstown, Toome, Newbridge, Bellaghy, Gulladuff and home to
Maghera (phew, it took me near as long
to type that in as it did for us to cycle the route).
A total of just over 50 miles, and lots
great wee roads with some fine stretches of newly laid tar, which all made for
an enhanced pedalling pleasure.
Well done to all.
Have youse noticed, Canice is going well at
the moment.
Now I don’t know all the members in the club, but I reckon Canice is the
fastest granddad in a Carn Wheelers jersey.
This accolade used to sit with Gerry Kelly, but we have not seen Gerry
out on a club cycle for a while (I have a sneaky feeling we might get a
sharpish Wednesday cycle soon to sort this matter out).
Thanks to everyone who contributed to the "You
know you are too addicted to cycling…” collection. The full list is printed
below:
You know you’re
too addicted to cycling when you go out for a drive in the car, by yourself,
and you start shouting "Hole!!”, "Water on the left!”, etc.
Adrian Glass
You know you’re
too addicted to cycling when you and the wife are going to Cookstown to do the
shopping, and going through
Tobermore you look up at the flegs and say "We’ll have a good tail wind on the
way home”
Ali Gribbon
You know you’re
too addicted to cycling when you scowl the waynes, and the wife, for eating
your jelly babies. You tell them, "THESE ARE NOT SWEETS, they are cycling
energy capsules”.
Barney Mulholland
A wee reminder to anyone who is free for a
couple of hours on the afternoon of Sunday 23rd March, that we still need a few more marshals for
the Carn Wheelers Classic road race.
If you can help out, and you have not already done so, please contact Gerry Kelly on 07813845155 and
let him know your availability.
Remember, in the interests of safety,
the race will be cancelled if we don’t have enough marshals, which would
be a great pity.