A day on the ice / in the life
I (finally) wrote a blog today oh, boy
About 12 men who made the gradient(s)
And though the day was rather cold
Well, we just had to laugh…
When we saw the team photograph
Nearly run over by dogs, deers & cars
They didn’t notice all the flashing lights we had
Up hills people stood & stared
They’d seen pained faces like these before
Nobody was really sure if they did it for pride or some reward
I saw a film on You Tube today oh, boy
A cyclist army had just beaten ‘The Wall’
A crowd of people never turned up for this ‘Hell’
But Penge were just resolute
Even having read the route
Oh I’d love to get off & push
Woke up, fell out of bed
Dragged my bike out of the shed
Ate my porridge downstairs and drank a cup
And looking up, I noticed I wasn’t late (a first)
Found my gloves and grabbed my hat
Grabbed spare inner tubes in case of a flat
Found my way to HQ and shared some jokes
And somebody said GO I went into a dream
Arggh (the ride had started, it was cold, we hit some ice….)
We rode many roads today oh, boy
Seemed like a thousand holes around the Ashdown
And though the holes were big & small
We had to dodge them all
As we know it only takes one slip for a nasty fall
Oh I’d love to be back hoooooooooooooooooooome
(With apologies to Lennon & McCartney)