It wasn't until Ken pointed out that there was a clue in "Hungry Hill" that I realised it was going to be a bit more rolling than normal. And so it proved with a long uphill drag before the flag.
Going off in a group with Bob and Colin and adding a bit of interest to the race were three of the Halfords women's team complete with radios and team car. With the last two groups off merging early on, it took two laps of driving on led by the Norwood Paragon contingent to catch this group. Finally with one lap to go the 4ths and the lead car were in sight and a full field finish beckoned.
Then came the attacks with man on the comeback trail, Dave Creeggan going with about a kilometer to go. Dave was then swallowed up by more attacks before Bob Moore went at the bottom of the hill. This was then followed by Mike Hawkins and Gary Dodd. With our handicap specialist Mark B's words of advice about following Gary Dodd ringing in our ears Ken and I chased after him. At which point we remembered the bit about being lucky to get round him. I seem to remember Mike Hawkins putting his hands in the air to celebrate or at least shouting as I trailed in 4th with Ken just behind in 5th. Later back at the car park we discovered a lone 4th cat had been a minute up the road knocking us all back a place.
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