RIDE REPORTS
Wednesday, 17 October 2018, "A Touch of Tyngsboro" & "To Harvard, without striving"
Ride Leaders: Ken Hablow & Susan Sabin
47 or 32 miles, 10:00 am starts from Concord Town Parking Lot, Concord, MA
Riders - 47 mi (14): Ken, Bernie Flynn, Bill Wachur, Bob Wadsworth, Curt Dudley-Marling, Dan Krechmer, Elizabeth Wicks, Gerry Sheetoo, Kathy Horvath, Rudge McKenney, Russ Keene, Steve Bader, Veronica Vedensky, and Wing Chow.
Riders - 32 mi (17): Susan, Bob Wilson, Butch Pemstein, Chip Krakoff, Don Buchholtz, Jack Donohue, Jack Mroczkowski, Jim Whinfield, Nancy Cahn, Rich Taylor, Richard Fortier, Rick Stimpfle, Robyn Maislin, Rochelle Holman, Roy Westerberg, Selig Saltzman, and Winnie Parker.
The ride start was a little chaotic - half the Keyes Road parking lot was closed (!) due to road construction. Riders had to find other parking, so we were late starting. It was a little cool at the start, but with a light southerly wind and filtered sun, riding was very comfortable.
Although the longer ride started before the shorter ride, we were passed in South Acton when we made a “geezer” stop at the fire station. Although Steve Bader had offered to sweep, it was not necessary as we seemed never to be out of sight of any of the group (until we were - see below*).
We rode on some nice, new pavement into Littleton Depot, then stopped at Dunkin Donuts on Rte 225 in Groton. From there we rode through Forge Village and took some nice quiet roads past Keyes Pond, then over to Long Sought For Pond in Tyngsboro. Close to the end, in Chelmsford, the leader had a flat caused by riding into a pothole. About half the group must have been ahead* and did not notice that we had stopped. Once back on the road, we made one much needed stop at Great Brook Farm then headed back to Concord. It was an enjoyable group and an enjoyable day.
Report by Ken Hablow.
The day was crisp, the route lovely, but, since I didn't know about the geezer stop and we flew right by it, we were restroom challenged. Despite having a sweep – thanks, Butch - we all stuck together.
On the way home, we stopped to see the fabulous scarecrows at the farmstand near West Acton. We took a group photo with some scarecrow friends - note that although Jim Whinfield identifies strongly with them (see photo), he is still one of the WWs!
Ten of us had a lovely lunch at Trails End, and left just in time to see Ken and company rolling in.
Report by Susan Sabin.
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| Most of the short ride group |
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| All of us |
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| With two scarecrows, one of them Jim, and another visitor |
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