RIDE REPORT
Wednesday, 6 December 2017, Farm to Farm to Bogs
Ride Leader: Doug Hobkirk
38 miles, 10:00 am start from Verrill Farm, Concord, MA
Riders (15): Doug, Barry Nelson, Bob Wadsworth, Curt Dudley-Marling, Dan Krechmer, David Fay, Elizabeth Wicks, Francie Sparks, Jack Donohue, Julia Zhogina, Rich Taylor, Roy Westerberg, Selig Saltzman, Susan Sabin, and Wing Chow.
Fifteen intrepid riders showed up at the start - fifteen WWs who were willing to trust the weatherman that the deluge would end by 10:00 am. We rode together through Concord center and re-grouped in the Monument parking lot. We lost Elizabeth when she rode ahead rather than re-group on the bridge over the swamp on Maple. When we left Great Brook, Curt and Bob wanted to ride ahead (the group was a tad slow).
Atop Curve Street we encountered a Subaru Sampar, a TINY van (200# lighter than a Smart car!) imported from Japan under special rules that apply to cars over 25 years old. Julia and Rich were not interested, so they rode on, although we caught them fairly quickly. Then I stopped on Acton Road to explain that the green car in the first driveway was a 25-year-old Nisan Figaro, imported under the same special rules.
Barry and Rich needed more speed and announced they would ride ahead to the end. On West Road, Roy and Julia split to take a slightly shorter route back to the start. So our group of fifteen had now become a group of eight and we rode the rest of the route together.
Thanks to Dan for sweeping. Lunch was had from the deli at Verrill Farm.
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| At the start |
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| Regrouping |
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