Sunday 29th March 2015 TOWiE here comes Summer wet roads special
The clocks go forward and British Summer Time kicks off in style with light rain followed by light showers over most of Essex for most of the day. The Met Office do promise a glimpse of Sunshine sometime before 4 pm.
Anyone interested in a good opportunity to test their waterproofs before Summer kicks in proper?
Plan A
Leaving High Beech Tea Hut at 11.30 am for a 50+ mile bimble to Tiptree via the best that Essex has to offer by way of wet roads.
Usual rules apply. No knobbers, boy racers, girl racers, white line overtakers or late brakers. Ninjas, gingers, vegetarians, innuendo and everyone else welcome. Ride safely, at your own pace and enjoy the day.
If you’re unfamiliar with the corner man system check out Andy’s most excellent Ride out Guide below
Light rain followed by light showers over most of Essex for most of the day has developed into heavy rain for breakfast, a cloudy lunch and more heavy rain by tea time. The previously mentioned sunny intervals may make an appearance just before sunset.
Not sure what happened to the weather, didn’t see too much of the heavy rain the Met Office forecast. Just the odd light shower in the afternoon. We did a tractor procession and a closed road detour on our way to five fords. Hay Green was no more than a damp patch across the road. Buttsbury had a fair flow but less than 6" deep. Danbury was another damp patch across the the road blink and you’d miss it. The not so little Little Baddow is always good and never disapoints. Nounsley was also in good flow and a nice follow on from Little Baddow before lunch.
The Essex Rose Tea Rooms, now part of the Wilkes & Sons tea room group, are highly recommended. We mainly settled on the vegetarian option with a very nice quiche lorraine, new potatoes and side salad but no lettuce, apologises accepted Tilly or was it Bob?.
After lunch an impromptu both ways through Dedham Ford, we passed it too many times trying to find our way to Great Bently it would have been rude to decline it all afternoon. Although only 6" deep it was proper slippery on the in and out ramps with some surprise pot holes on the concrete bottom. Once we found Great Bentley we had a Weeley good time, where we had a Weeley good time.
Home safely via Finchingfield, dry socks on at last after nursing a boot full of water since Dedham ford.:pinch:
Thanks for leading and the tea and coffee Art. That sat nav of yours had a Groundhog Day.
Brains foolishly had his bike washed yesterday, I`ve even got mud on my speedometer.:w00t:
