C Group April 2nd

Instead of the forecast for dry and mild weather we got quite a bit of drizzle and continous overcast skies. However the turnout at Cobham was good and spirits were high as Phil led around twelve of us up Plough Lane en route for the Victoria pub at Woodham. We took a right up the old A25 now called Pointers Road and is in line with the M25, and terminates just before the Wisley interchange and becomes a sea of mud. Having crossed the aforesaid interchange we now found ourselves on Wisley Common. We started out with Dennis, Charles, Lynda, Mark, Roger, John C., Fuzz, Pat, Bill (A), Harold and me, but after a lot of walking through mud and unmarked ways we got rather split up. We did cross the motorway a couple of times and conditions got better near West Byfleet when we crossed Parvis Road and rode through Dartnell Park. Arriving on the towpath of the Basingstoke canal with a fairly decent surface we continued in the direction of Woodham after a decent spot of tarmac. The lunch and beer went down well and the intention was to have tea at Shepperton. I took a shortcut opposite the pub down Woodham Park Road followed by Harold but the others took the main road along Woodham Lane. Harold had a spot of bother with his bike so he came home with me to use my tools. On arrival Dennis was outside having taken a wrong turning so we had tea and I drove Harold back to his car at Cobham. Busy day, what-------------------------Albert