Charlie is determined to get the best out of his new bike, an F H Grubb, but soon finds that a five week layoff does not help the fitness thing !  To make matters worse he somewhat extended himself last weekend, his first trial run on the new bike, when excitement was at a high level.  This week, demanding a very early start of his friend Tom Idle today was not the most restful start, and the choice of hilly Derbyshire made matters worse.  But on they went, our intrepid pair, determined to put the miles in, as indeed they did.  So we have it all today, an uncomfortable new saddle, indigestion of a sort, lacklustre fitness, hills in abundance, tired before the off – and they still covered 122 miles.