John, Adonis, Simon and Peter made a rendezvous in Sandwich to cycle round the Isle of Thanet. There were slight problems as the new motorway had cut the cycle path in two. Peter was sure that the sign 'road closed' did not apply to cyclists, but on this occasion it did. Having memorised the map and then having to improvise, the team took a wrong turning and ended up going to Margate rather than Westgate on Sea. Oh well, it wasn't far away. Cycling past the ...

Round the Churches 2011 Another year, and another attempt to visit some of Kent's fine Churches and raise money for their upkeep. Some Ragstones- Peter, Rosemary, Ruth, Robert and Jane plus the youngsters Alex, Lorna, Jessica and Adonis came along. And especially this year, Sophia, not just joining us along the way, but in her own personal bike trailer courtesy of her Dad. It was christened her carriage and she played the princess very well, while Dad strug...

They are a fiendly bunch of people in Temple Ewell. The Ragstones were in need of a coffee shop and Peter's eagle eyes spotted a notice outside Tmple Ewell Chuch Hall saying that coffee was being served on Wednesday morning 10.00 to 12.00. Fantastic, it was 10.30 and about to start raining. The Ragstones were welcomed by Colin, who seemed to be in charge, and plied with coffee and home-made muffins. And the chairs were comfy leather settees. It was raining ...

Millstone boarded the nine o' clock train at Ashford Station and with considerable relief found a space to put his bicycle. The journey to Sandwich was uneventful apart from a portly man sitting across the carrriage who felt it necessary to deliver a productive cough at infuriatingly regular intervals, while tapping on a hand held electronic device. No one appeared sufficently interested in his transmissions to bother to reply. Familiar names glided by the car...

May 15th 2011 Elham and round about After nearly six weeks of wonderful weather, our first Ragstones ride for some time, was drizzly with a cold north easterly wind blowing. Five stalwarts set out from Elham Square , Peter ,Rosemary, Judith and John of Millstone and a fairly new member of the happy band, Mick from Bedrock. We had been promised lots of exciting downhill descents but of course that meant a number of horrendous uphill bits, first. The fi...