Saturday Ride to Rye
Today after the usual shopping trips etc it was sunny and warm so I thought I'd get out on Vera. Togged up in my "winter gear" of FT Aqua jacket and ARMR Haro trousers. I set off on the A259. It's one road from by my house to Rye. Overtook a few cars. One bloke doing a max of 30mph, hazards flashing, no doubt coaxing a car home with a problem. But at the head of a 30 queue that couldn't pass on ordinary A road. No problems for Vera. Then I had a detour to scope out Jo's Café for a possible future Meldrews breakfast ride out. Looked okay although the parking looked iffy for bikes. At the time there seemed to be no one near it, although I could smell bacon. Then into Rye to park at the biker parking by the dock. After a coffee I decided to ride back as the sun had been replaced with a thick grey cloud. The wind picked up too making it chilly. I paired the LS2 Metro with my phone and hoped that Google Map directions would come into my ears. It didn...