A lumpy Chiltern ride out to the glorious Ashridge House, with the odd glitch, like Maria McPherson getting a terminal puncture in Ruislip (the lesser spotted Tubeless Rim Tape Failure … who’s ever had one of those before?), the understaffed cafe overwhelmed by the sunshine, or the number of customers who came out in it or the slight off-road glitch in the long route file … but we all loved it. Well maybe not Maria, but she did make the all-important photos at the start …. as she reminded us ….