The ‘Steam’ carried on from where he left off last week, for after stepping into the breach for our wayward Captain, he followed it up by leading the Moos on a superlative trip across our local countryside!!

Again a good turnout with 13 of us commencing from the legion, with Flangey showing that in just 3 weeks he has come on leaps and bounds with his fitness and skill, and Scrippsy showing that in 30 years his fitness and skill levels have severely diminished!! Scrippsy amongst others, was heard complaining bitterly about the pace of the ride last night, it was quite a brisk pace but nothing that Scrippsy and his fellow whinger Crock shouldn’t be able to cope with!!

The ride was punctuated literally, by first Harty, and then Crock who were both cruelly struck down with punctures. In Crock’s case it was one of the first punctures that anybody could ever remember him having, and it was just deserves too for it came 10 minutes after Crock had been laughing at Harty’s spot of misfortune.

With the pace stepped up from previous weeks it seemed as if we reached the Maenllwyd quicker than usual, but as they say ‘time goes quick when your having fun’ even more so when Crock was left behind to mend his puncture, and we were at our usual ‘refreshment stop’ . It was here that we realised why The Steam had been getting a move on, because after a swift lemonade, he made his excuses and departed to go and start his nightshift and to prepare for the midnight tea run. He had been complaining recently of how tired he had been feeling from working shifts, but the truth is that he has had his garden invaded by a mole, and Tom had told him that the best way to get rid of it is to stay up all night and as soon as Mr Mole pops his head up whack him with a shovel, obviously these nocturnal activities has taken its toll on ‘The Steam’ who barely an hour into his shift was caught sleeping. Unfortunately for Steam we have our very own ‘Mole’ down at Steam HQ, and this ingenious little fellow who I will refer to as Malcolm the Mole, managed to get some pictures of the hapless Steam catching a few zzzzzzz’s. But in these overalls he looks more like an inmate from Guantanamo Bay than an accomplished tea maker!!!

After these unfortunate pictures were brought to my attention I think that we should change his name from Ryan the Steam to Ryan the DREAM!!!!!!

Another Moo who found himself with a new nickname this week was Beaker Wherlock, for it seemed that last Saturday whilst out with his wife and friends, Beaker shamed himself by having too much to drink and then proceeded to be unable to keep his voice down whilst using foul language, so it left Bill the landlord with no option than to ask him to leave, so it was quite interesting to see Beaker lead us in to the Oak and then make a grovelling apology to Bill. Although when he committed this misdemeanour he wasn’t on official Moo duty, I have it under good authority that Beaker will be issued with a yellow card, he will also be known from now on as ‘Timmy Tourettes’!!!!!!

Congratulations are also in order for Jimmy Mac and his wife who a few weeks ago had a baby boy, there is now a Giant VT2 for sale offers over £400!!!!!!