Elevenses at Dorking coincided with the arrival of a steady drizzle which lasted the whole day apart from the ride home after tea. Undaunted, thirteen hardy souls, Pam, Vic, Geoff, Paul, Stephen, Toni, Geoff, Dave, Bob, Mike, Will, Ed and Rob set off en route to Holmbury St Mary.
We set off through the town crossing the A24 at North Holmwood before turning into Inholms Lane where we passed B group who were heading for Oakwoodhill. We were also going in that direction, via Newdigate, Capel and Weare Street. Shortly after we headed North through Walliswood and Forest Green before the steady climb up to the Royal Oak at Holmbury, where we had a table reserved for us. We lost Vic for a short while due to some confusion about which pub we were going to but he soon found us without too much trouble.
After lunch, the lure of White Down proved irresistible to Bob, Dave and Vic. The rest of us went up Pasturewood Road and then headed for Leith Hill. Here the visibility really deteriorated. Cars &other cyclists had their lights on, which you don’t really expect at 2.30 pm at the end of May, but there we are. After that it was generally downhill through Coldharbour and back through Dorking, where Mike and Geoff took the Box Hill road, to our tea stop at Wetherspoons at Leatherhead, where the hot coffee and muffins went down a treat. I covered 51 miles in all. Rob.
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