Well, my morning didn't go to plan.
Set off for training ride & punctured before I even got to the square!
Managed to do a quick change & locate the evil thorn, before hotfooting it to the square on the off chance that someone might still be there. Sadly not, but I did remember fleetingly that the route was elvington - howden way so I began a hot pursuit.
My 'sprint' through town was somewhat thwarted by EVERY traffic light, (and my terrible sense of direction) but I made it through elvington to sutton at a smooth(ish!) 21mph.
Sometime later, near Howden, (in that head wind) it dawned on me that without a) some sort of miracle or b) the discovery of an onboard motor, I wasn't really going to catch the guys (a 15 minute head start at 20mph+ is a bit of an advantage).
Once I'd accepted that neither of the above options was going to happen I started to actually enjoy the ride so cracked on with it at a steady pace.
Looking at the route posted I realise I missed skipwith/wheldrake out completely. But I ended up doing Barlby Riccall/Cawood, Stillingfleet instead so maybe a similar mileage (?) -I then flew home via Naburn/fulford & was back just after 12.
Sadly my Garmin ran out of juice up at Osgodby, which is a shame as I think I'd have got quite a good average speed with the homeward stretch added. I just couldn't shake the feeling that I was 15 mins behind everyone else all the way round though. Good ride, but very lonely!
Hope everyone else had a good run - cracking day for it!