C Group June 11th

Good turnout at Walton. Weather ideal. Ron led around fifteen of us to an unspecified pub in the Stanwell Moor area. There was Bill H., Dave, Phil, Mark and Charles plus Tom, David, Fuzz, Bill and Pat Matthews, Lynda and Dawn, then Dennis, Roger, Geoff., and me. I know that`s more than fifteen but at a later count fifteen it was. We turned down to the towpath near The Swan and were obliged, due to our number and also some pedestrians with a large dog, to walk over the footbridge near Walton Marina. After going under Walton Bridge we tooka left turn over same bridge and made for lower Shepperton and Chertsey bridge, under which we all trooped to arrive on Laleham Thameside. At Laleham we took the towpath route to Staines Bridge under which we made for Moor Lane where, after another half mile we chose a nearby pub as time was getting short. It was closed so we retraced down Moor Lane to a pub I know to be first class, The Bells. We had a splendid and well served lunch after which Shepperton was to be our tea stop. For once we crossed the bridge like everyone else and took the Chertsey Road. At the Thorpe Park roundabout we went left to Penton Hook and enjoyed quite a bit of offroad before arriving on Bridge Road in Chertsey. A further count showed there were still fifteen survivors so it was pretty straitforward and over the bridge to Shepperton. 25 miles ro-day------------------Albert