Early Spring Ride from Littleton - April 12, 2017

RIDE REPORT

Wednesday, 12 April 2017, Early Spring Ride from Littleton
Ride Leader:  Lindy King
29 or 52 miles, 10:00 am start from Castle in the Trees Playground parking lot, Littleton, MA

Riders - 52 mi (2):  Lindy, Fred Vaughn.
Riders - 29 mi (14):  Chuck McWilliams, Clyde Kessel, David Fay, Gardner Gray, James Hsia, Jeff Smith, Jim Mayer, Julie Dodd, Ray Komow, Ron Cater, Roy Westerberg, Tod Cochran, Tom Lucas, and Wing Chow.
Riders - other (2):  Barbara Martin, Ken Hablow.

This very congenial group of cyclists rode along the roads of Littleton, through Acton, past Nashoba Fruit Farm, and up and down the Nagog Hills.  It was quite warm and sunny at the start, despite the threat of rain later in the day.  We came upon Barb and Ken while crossing onto Strawberry Hill Road and proceeded along lovely back roads, through Concord and around Carlisle, to an agreed upon group stop at Great Brook Farm, where we hung out for a few minutes.  Clyde had remoted from home, so that was the last we saw of him!  The ride rolled along through Chelmsford and Westford, and returned to Littleton under forboding skies.  Unfortunately, Roy had a flat a few miles from the end, but, with the assistance of Tom Lucas, was able to fix it before David drove his car back to help.

Many thanks to all the human arrows, especially Julie and Ron who get extra kudos for not abandoning their posts while waiting for Roy and Tom to ride through!!!  We climbed over 1800’ on the regular ride, and almost 3000’ on the extended ride which was quite an adventure for Fred and Lindy, as the temperature dropped and the pelting rain descended.  Both arrived at the end, happy but soggy.

Ride report by Lindy King.