B Group Jan 16th

Riding to Redhill via our usual cycletrack /country lane route, John and I (Terry) noticed the subway near Burford Bridge was flooded and also had to make a detour when we found the Mill Stream at Wonham Mill was the depth of a Land Rover's axle ! From Redhill I led Stephanie, Bob (on his first post-op Wednesday ride, congratulations), Ed (now feeling better), Ken on his new bike, Bill, Bernard, John, Les, Mick and Norman whence we headed south. After a brief discussion we decided the lane from Asylum Lane to the Hospital roundabout should be OK - it was. (Should you be visiting anyone in Redhill Hospital from this rdbt park in the Golf Course - it's far cheaper ). Originally I'd planned to continue on Route 21 but thought better of it in today's conditions and stayed on metalled roads, noticing much water everywhere but enjoying plenty of sunshine and negligible wind. We passed through Meath Green (see blog for November 21st ), crossed the A217 then headed north to The Plough at Leigh where we enjoyed generous, delicious food served pretty quickly. We followed the usual route to Dorking, then noted how wide the Mole was all the way to Leatherhead (I don't recall ever seeing it wider) - the last stretch of the cycletrack was under water. From Dorking people had been making trheir own ways, and after looking at the river four of us stopped at Annie's then continued home in the dry.
From Terry