You can't trust the British weather can you? not even in July. We set off along the canal with a promise of warm, cloudy, and dry conditions, and we made it to the wonderful Stables Cafe at Saul Junction, bone dry after a pleasant 9 miles or so of steady riding.

Over lunch it started to drizzle, and then poured down for half an hour or so. This provided a good excuse to stay a bit longer in the cafe and enjoy cake too!

After careful scrutiny of the rain radar we made a dash for home as soon as there was a break in the clouds. Fortune smiled on us and everyone made it home, slightly damp at worse.