Our first foggy morning and after the cold and clammy ride down to Coode St. via the river, I was happily surprised to see the Transitional group numbers still up – well done team; apparently 14 altogether, with a couple of new faces and a couple of returnees.

No “Developers’ group riders again today, so Carol decided sit in with us for the Canning Vale Reverse ‘inland’ route. A bit of a quick safety chat about bright tail lights, wet roads, glass and of course the fog (to which one wag queried if there was any ‘good news’? – soliciting the immediate response of ‘yeah we’re riding aren’t we” . . . . . ).

Out along Coode with the fast boys rolling straight past only to catch them again at the red lights onto Canning. Leisurely pace of around 28-30 heading south on Canning Hwy and then the left turn into North Lake with the fog thickening up. After sitting on the front with David for a couple of the short rises, I dropped back to check out & see how the tail was going. Carol was still ‘sitting in’ as far as the Leach hwy lights, but with the short rise after that, the pack pulled away and disappeared into the fog. Feeling a bit concerned about the worsening visibility, the vulnerability of riding in the fog and since two riders have more of a road presence than one, I sat back to keep Carol company . . . . That was our group ride over, and I’ll have to leave it up to someone else to fill in the rest of the story . . . .

Carol put in a good effort up the hills and comfortably sat on 30+ along the flats as we had a bit of a wander through the suburbs between South St and Bannister road (I turned left off North Lake a bit too early) and Carol used her internal GPS to find our way onto Bannister and then the usual way home.