Some traditions are just not worth clinging on to

Wet to the skin, cold to the bone, and saddle sore — the rain-drenched cyclists who rode The Glen to Glen Bike last Saturday will always remember the Downings GAA club in Donegal with fond affection.

From when the first group left Maghera at 8.30am until the last man rode into Downings at around 5pm, the June monsoon never stopped.

After the long pilgrimage from south Derry, the Downings club room was like a harbour in the storm.