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NEWARK NOTES from the Secretary

November 2006

All quiet on the North-Eastern front

There is some kind of kudos in being in the vanguard, I am told, but this time I'd rather not have been, so commiserations to Graham, Graham and John, all of whom have also been hospitalised after accidents. And anyone else, in case it's catching. Get well soon, guys, I hope I've not started anything. At some time during my recovery I mused that several of my Newark section compatriots have already had bits of metal inserted into various parts of their anatomies after similar unplanned meetings with terra firma. Quite what kind of advertisement this is for our supposedly health-giving pastime, I'm not sure.

For obvious reasons my own mileage has been curtailed, although life for everyone else went on pretty much as normal on planet Newark. Not quite as normal to be precise, as a number of new faces have been turning up on the Saturday rides, some of whom have also ventured out on Sundays, providing some company for Colin whilst I was off the road. Even better, some of them look likely to stay, which can only be a good thing, as numbers were starting to dwindle.

One of the new riders joined Colin for an early morning ride to see the Aegir (Tidal Wave) on the Trent early in September. I'd have liked to have gone myself but was not up to either the distance or the early start at that time. The following weekend, the Saturday ride took a trip to a regular café stop at Whisby Nature World, before returning via Codddington and Pete's 60th Birthday bash. Needless to say, once the cyclists turned up, the food (and beer -ed) took a hammering.. Congratulations to Pete on achieving that milestone in his life.

The next day, Colin and I rode to the Lakeside café and were returning down the hill into Long Clawson, when we were beeped by a car behind us. Expecting to be passed by a 16 valve turbo GT or whatever, we were somewhat surprised to see one of those Japanese wardrobes-on-wheels, complete with little old lady behind the wheel, go past. Perhaps she was taking advantage of the gradient too.

We must have been the last section in the district to discover the new cafe at Muston, but Colin and I found it earlier on that ride, and the rest of the section went out to make a fuller investigation the following Saturday. We liked what we found; for us this will be a useful stop, particularly for this end of the year.

The next day, I made my longest ride since returning to the road, with a journey to Ruskington; one I'd have thought short earlier in the year but now something of an achievement. The following weekend, three of us made it to the cycle jumble at Radcliffe, though nothing much was bought apart from cakes.

That took us into October, and the continuing warm and dry (well, relatively) weather enabled us to enjoy more good runs. Navenby, Gunthorpe, and Bingham, among others, all had the dubious pleasure of our visits during that month. As I write, the forecast for the weekend looks good, so let's hope it lasts into the winter.

Mike Graham

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