Our first TCW of 2018 rolled out of Knighton on the last weekend of April. It's always a gamble so early in the year, and just a couple of weeks earlier, we were under 2ft of snow! However the weather gods had decided to be kind, and it only rained on the Friday, leaving day two and three completely rain free and dry, well, from the sky that is!! Andy, Phil, Chris and Vicky all ride together up in Macclesfield, and were joined by Stu (Stourport), Arwel, Gareth and Aron (Carma

Another nice surprise in April was the return of Alex (and friends) and Chris, both of whom came on the TCW in 2017. For Chris it was early in the year, and glorious after the driest spring in decades. For Alex though, it was a different story. It rained, howled and battered him and seven other friends for the whole weekend, survived to tell the story, and wanted more! So when he asked for better weather on April 20, I said "sure, no problem, I'll book it now" with my crystal

Our first weekend of the year saw the return of Jo and friends from one of last years Trans Cambrian tours. It's always nice to see friends return, and Jo is an absolute love. She loves nothing more than being outdoors (and Terry) and her enthusiasm is infectious. But for Jo it brings it's own challenges, she suffers from Lupus disease which affects her joints and muscles, breathing, and is in all sorts of pain. But she never complains. We knocked out a very hard 49km on the