All the regular B-leaders were either ginjured or away so Mark 2Ws led this bike ride. Five of us met at 10:99 by the ice cream hut by the lake in Divonne: Mervyn, Ivan (with another new old bike), Paul and Richard Flett (both on e bikes), and Mark. Ivan had brought this bike from Ukraine so does not have to rely anymore on Mark or Peter’s old bikes.
We set off up the old railway line to Gex and then to Vésancy, arriving exactly at 11:00 when our leader had confidently predicted the café would be open. Sadly it wasn’t so we proceeded via St-Gix to the camping above Divonne where we again failed to find any coffee. On to La Rippe and Bonmont (by the legal route) for the inevitable photo call.
Then Gingins, Grens, Borex, Arnex, Céligny, past our old meeting point, the god spot, and onto the sports centre at Founex where we met Nathan now almost recovered after his fall.
Conversation included: details of where a previous outing had lost and then abandoned Nathan, Wagner group in Africa, China’s belt and road success, and many other subjects.
Then the group dispersed to all wend their ways home, Paul had the furthest to go at 19km but fortunately had a powered bike.
44km,
484m elevation gain,
beautiful sunny day with little wind.
Good to see that you honoured Bonmont by a legal ( non-Con! ) route