Today was John’s first outing as ride leader so the gods of chaos and confusion (aka Network Rail) decided to cancel the trains bringing most of our VIs to Deighton.
After various messages to and from Martin and others we finally settled on an hour later start time and those already present went to the café to wait it out.
Eventually all arrived with a few stoker cancellations leading to some pilots getting a day off.
Further minor faffing with recalcitrant quick release levers eventually saw 6 tandems making their merry way to the Sunflower Pot cafe in glorious sunshine.
We were apparently no longer in England it were that nice! 😁
Four of the six opted for the longer run to Low Moor before the café stop and then all returned to storage thoroughly pleased with John’s Ride Leading and the non-English weather.
See you all at Fairburn.
Drew
