Riders started gathering early- from 07H15 already at the BP start point and by 08H10 we were all there except for a few who did not read the brief and were waiting at the Engen 1 Stop before S/West, but they soon worked out the plot and joined us.
We set off before 08H30 after a briefing.
Mathilde, a French student doing an internship with us at work joined us as pillion for the day.
She’s ridden pillion with her dad in Marseilles often, but this was to be her first off-tar ride.
We were eager to get going mainly to get airflow over bodies