Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
This afternoon, however, something unusual happened. Having just come back from holiday, and having a sunny afternoon of 73 degrees Fahrenheit (according to Garmin), I thought I'd just spin my legs a bit. After a quiet ride to Alrewas, I was suddenly aware of hordes of motorcyclists coming from the National Memorial Arboretum, making lots of noise. I hoped heading down the A513 towards Tamworth most would go the other way, and whilst I was largely right in thinking this, there were so many of them (hundreds, possibly thousands) that there were still a lot heading my way.
I saw the motorcyclists on their way to the Arboretum. I was on a coach taking Loughborough Male Voice Choir to Malvern, where we were singing in the Priory Church. Going south between Junctions 22 and 21 on the M1, we saw them in a convoy several miles long going up the northbound carriageway.

After our lunchtime concert at Malvern, we had an evening concert in Kidderminster, so were given 2 hours of free time in Malvern before departing. I have never been up Worcestershire Beacon before (although I have been up Herefordshire Beacon); I probably looked rather odd walking up and down in my choir uniform, including a rather lurid turquoise shirt, although I had changed the formal black shoes for a pair of trainers. Anyway, although visibility wasn't brilliant, it was good enough to be able to identify the Skirrid, Sugar Loaf, Hay Bluff, Radnor Forest, Titterstone and Brown Clee Hills, Clent Hills, Bredon Hill and the Cotswolds. In the unlikely event of me not being infected by the flu that my son has brought home, I may be up there again next week.