Ride Out To Derbyshire 14th May

Derbyshire Ride Out Sunday 14th May.
The meeting place for the ride out was CMC at Chesterfield.
It is always nice to arrive early to have a cup of coffee and wander round and peruse the machines and goodies on offer and maybe dream!
17 of us assembled for the ride into the peaks and it was nice to see Pete and Lee(new bike) had travelled up to join us.
4 other non-VSOC riders who were at CMC also asked if they could join us for part of the ride,
I can only think the word is getting around about our great ride outs!
We set off for the peaks with the weather a little damp, but spirits high only to run into some thick fog,
which slowed us down a little as we made our way through Baslow, Calver, Stoney Middleton and onto Peak Forest.
Where I had scheduled a stop for coffee etc at the Wanted Inn, a lovely quaint pub where we are always welcome.
Setting off again in the worsening fog we headed for Winnats Pass, which is on a clear day, a fabulous sight, this day it was different, a BMW 3 series on full song with no lights on looming out of the fog set the old ticker going a bit!
Still on into Castleton, Hope and Hathersage and finally back via narrow roads into Chesterfield,
and on to Malc and Liz's where they had laid on a fabulous BBQ and buffet for us and lashings of hot drinks.
Which we all enjoyed with much relish, you did us proud!
And thanks to Shelagh too for helping.
Given the weather it turned out to be a great day, good company and my bike didn't get very dirty either,
see you on the next one!
Ken (Derbyshire Rep.)

Pictures From The Ride