The recent bike days out have been dominated by birthdays. Firstly, it was John's Big Day, which we celebrated by getting the train to Newry and cycling up to Portadown, stopping for lunch in Scarva. The surprise was from Fiona, Robin's wife, who had sent a bottle of champagne along, even though they couldn't be there in person that day, aw!
Unfortunatley, the cafe wouldn't let us open it (boo), so he had to drink it all himself when he got home.
Instead, we helped him celebrate with our usual energy-snacks.
And then it was the Bike Birthday, a year since we started our monthly outings, which was marked be a revisit of the first trail. And of course, more cake! However, this year, an extra bonus was added with a visit to Sentry Hill. The email below was sent to John as a thank you from Fiona - it makes funny reading, and is a perfect report of the flavour of each lovely day out.
Hi John/Maureen
Thank you so much for the absolutely amazing cycle ride last Saturday.
You had planned the perfect day out to the last detail, and it was just
brilliant. I will never forget the face of the guide at Sentry Hill
when he was talking about the death of the King of Tonga and Richard
interjected that he had been at his funeral 6 weeks ago - it was just a
jaw-droppingly priceless moment!
How can the next cycle ride beat this one...
Love
Fiona
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Thank you so much for the absolutely amazing cycle ride last Saturday.
You had planned the perfect day out to the last detail, and it was just
brilliant. I will never forget the face of the guide at Sentry Hill
when he was talking about the death of the King of Tonga and Richard
interjected that he had been at his funeral 6 weeks ago - it was just a
jaw-droppingly priceless moment!
How can the next cycle ride beat this one...
Love
Fiona
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