04 March 2007
Caerphilly

Ride report

Leader: Max Smith

Despite awful weather conditions and a dismal forecast quite 
surprisingly five of us turned up for this ride to Caerphilly. 
It was solid rain all the way - which kept most of the 
pedestrians at home, but we might have recruited another Cycle 
Cardiff member - who was pushing his bike with a puncture. 
Max offered him a puncture repair and they got chatting about 
who we were. As we approached Caerphilly we were hailed by a 
group of protesters (against a proposed concealed entrance) 
who asked us to help, so we had out photo taken. Ten minutes 
earlier and we might have got into the local press. All good 
publicity! We ended up in a pub with fantastic views over the 
castle moat - with excellent music and very welcoming staff. 
We managed to dry out a bit and even flirted with the idea 
of getting the train home (Nigel excluded...) but of course 
we didn't do that. A very energizing and exhilharating ride.

Sheila Johnson