Slippin’ and a-slidin’ in Oxon
Posted on Wednesday 6 January 2010 by Martin Hayman
“I counted them out, and I counted them in again…”
It could all have been so different if we had got unlucky.
A surprising nine of us took the train to Twyford for another of Keith’s South Chilterns routes hinging around the marvellous Reformation pub in Gallowstree Common, Oxon. Most of the lying snow had gone but it was very frosty, so we rode gingerly on some of the bigger lanes. The pace was pretty slow as we kept a sharp eye out for patches of frost, but though freezing, the weather was glorious, banishing that frowsty feeling of the too-many days of Christmas. more »
