C Group May14th

A few familiar faces missing but a good turnout at Leatherhead and fine weather for a ride with Ron leading to The Plough at Leigh (guess you all know by now the locals pronounce it `Lie`). Our party consisted of Lynda, Beryl, Dawn, Pat and Bill M., Bill H., Mark, Roger, Harold, Alan, Charles, plus Mick (usually B group) , a lady rider named Vivienne one other gent whose name I cannot remember, plus Ron and myself. We crossed the bridge over the Mole and joined the cyclepath along the A24 in the Dorking direction, then crossing over to Pixham Lane which brought us out to a left turn along the cyclepath alongside the A25. We were rather split up by this time and Beryl and one other were following me as I missed the short cut and continued until reaching Brockham Road. I remembered Brockham was in the direction required and when we got there, the others were waiting so we continued en masse for our lunch at the aforementioned Leigh (Lie). The food and beer went down well and we were invited by Ron to take tea at his son`s house about a couple of miles or so away. After a welcome stop we started our return journey which became pretty offroad and required quite a spot of walking across fields chomped up by the hooves of cattle. Happily we arrived on the tarmac of the A25 and eventually Pixham Lane to return to Leatherhead the way we had come earlier. Just had a phone call from Harold to say he`ll be away in Scotland for six weeks-------------------------Albert