Bank holiday backlog......

Am blogging this on a very poorly 'puter. Just opened it the other day and the screen is displaying some mad behaviour. Not laptoplike at all at all. As I've only had this since Christmas then it must return to its makers. But not before the Bank Holiday is over, it would seem.
Anyways, Thursday was meant to be an early morning ride with Beth, Alex and John but when we woke up it was raining. I texted what we were all thinking, namely, 'Blah! Shall we leave it til this afternoon?' And agreement was forthcoming. Unfortunately work pressures were also forthcoming for Beth, she got a backlog in that department and couldn't join us.
So it was me 'n' the lads out there and taking on the Picts Lane/Cuckfield route of 2 weeks ago. It will never be an easy ride but didn't seem quite so hard for me this time. Alex was in fine form with his new tribars. He scooted ahead having a lovely time of it. As did we all. It was a great ride, with us finishing 10mins faster than the first time we did it. A couple of days on I cannot remember the exact time but then, does it really matter?
Today (Sunday) was again going to be a 7 o'clock start with the four of us. Beth originally pulled out last night due to work (Bank Hol at the Horse), Alex had a cricked injury to the knee. His first match of the season and an injury, would you  believe it! Then Beth decided she could make it after Simon offered to take on some of her work this morning. So we went out a 9 (much more reasonable time!) and did our Henfield loop with a difference. Coach had us practising drafting and overtaking each other whilst drafting. This was not only pretty good fun but took our average speed up too. We came home via Crabtree hill which is a long slow drag but still didn't detract from our 13.8 mph average speed. 27 miles. Brilliant!