"Weather permitting" was the question of the day. Those of us who rode south to start the ride at Fol Epi came equipped with sunglasses, shorts and tee-shirts. Those starting from downtown were already in rain gear. The rain gear was indeed needed - so John C frantically rode home and still managed to get to Royal Roads while the coffee was still hot. In the damp conditions we opted not to do the descent to the lagoon. At coffee we convened an informal debate on the merits of male and female GP's - which Rob H's side won. For the return we cycled directly up University Drive to Sooke Road and found, much to our surprise that this was considerably shorter and no harder than going through the old military base.