Four club members Andrew, Jon, Tim and I, woke to a beautiful still morning, perfect conditions for a stab at a quick time and the club record maybe......

Several hours later, as forecasted, the heavens opened and everyone raced in very heavy rain, lots of standing water and huge plooms of water from passing traffic. 

Thankfully all completed the race, as did others with no serious incidents, although nearly broadsiding a Range Rover might have ruined my race, and made it back to HQ to shiver and a cup of tea.

Andrew wins the crazy club member of the day having ridden there and then having to ride back again - he's made of tough stuff.

Here's the results - pretty consistent pacing on the 2 laps:

Andrew Payne: 1:10:15 (35:13 lap 1)

Jon Elliott: 1:14:15 (36:40 lap 1)

Tim Seddon 1:18:47 (39:29 lap 1)

Stu Auckland 1:07:43 (33:30 lap 1)