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<\/a><\/p>\nIt was a wonderful ride to the next control, which was an information control, a historic plaque for the Victoria Road.\u00a0 By then the heat was building as we headed south into a headwind that was not yet a blast furnace.\u00a0 I tucked in behind the tandem and rode the Ferguson Jones train through the flat limestone floored Carden Plain, including a short but bumpy ride along a section of gravel road.\u00a0 We arrived at Brechin in need of shade and water.\u00a0 While I was turning the corner to find a convenience store I saw Tim pull away from a corner store. We had a short chat before he headed down the road.\u00a0 Well on our way to the control at Beaverton we saw Tim heading towards us.\u00a0 After the usual joking that he was going the wrong way, he told us that he had left his wallet and phone in Brechin…<\/p>\n
By the time we reached the control in Beaverton we were in need of lunch and some cooling off.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the pizza place we chose had no air conditioning so we sat outside and watched a parade of broken down automobiles passing back and forth while we forced down pizza slices that were way too large.<\/p>\n
From Beaverton we continued south into the heat and wind until we finally started heading east along to the south side of the lake.\u00a0 You could feel the cool offshore breeze before we could actually see the lake.\u00a0 Then it was a pleasant ride along the shore, which was packed with sunbathers and picnickers.\u00a0 While we were cruising along Hedge Road a dude on a time trial bike zoomed passed us and then sat up.\u00a0 Stephen took off after him with Andrea and me in tow and we easily dropped him.\u00a0 It was one of the highlights of the ride!<\/p>\n
At about 205 km past the control at Keswick we finally started heading north and west out of the wind.\u00a0 A sudden but brief cloud burst cooled us down on the way to Alliston.\u00a0 We arrived at the finish in Barrie at dusk, just under 15 hours after we had started.\u00a0 About 30 minutes after our arrival, Tim rolled in having successfully retrieved his wallet and phone.<\/p>\n
Four started and four finished.\u00a0 Congratulations to all for a long hot day in the saddle and especially to Andrea for completing her first 300 km brevet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ride report from Martin Cooper: Four riders and three bikes embarked on the Lake Simcoe 300, which circumnavigates Lake Simcoe in a clockwise direction.\u00a0 Tim Ormond, Stephen Jones, Andrea Ferguson Jones and myself.\u00a0 We rode east from Barrie along Shanty … Continue reading