Group “A” ride 30th July 2008-07-31
Fourteen riders left New Haw Day Centre at 1115. For future reference, this centre is at the extreme west end of Amis Avenue, GR TQ041620. We did a short tour of the village, Queen Marys Drive,Woodham Park Way, Faris Lane,across the Basingstoke Canal, West Byfleet and on to the Pyrford Road, Warren Lane, Newark Lane,Polesden Lane ,Send Marsh,Send Barns Lane to the Portsmouth Road, cycle path to Burpham,Jacobs Well,Salt Box Road. At the traffic lights we turned left on to Cumberland Avenue, Keens Lane, footpath to Hydes Hill, left into Aldershot Road,right into Southway, subway under the A3,past the cathedral, right into Elmside and up through Onslow Village by Curling Vale, Manor Way and High View Road and a cunningly concealed footpath to emerge at the top of Down Lane.
The swoop down to Compton saw three breakaways manage to overshoot the next turn on to cycle route No. 22 , our intended route to Puttenham, where they turned up, rather sheepishly I thought, some time after the rest of us had started our lunch.
We left at ca. 1400 bound for the Watt Memorial Chapel, Compton, a fine example of Art Nouveau decoration. The leader managed to break the first law of mountaineering, The Leader Never Falls Off. But survived. Down New Pond Road,Stakes Corner Road,Sandy Lane, Guildford High Street,Epsom Road to Squires Garden Centre for tea at 1550. The intended tea place was to be Ockham Bites, but we had had such a leisurely day in glorious weather it was too much strain. Next time, perhaps.
From Vic White
Fourteen riders left New Haw Day Centre at 1115. For future reference, this centre is at the extreme west end of Amis Avenue, GR TQ041620. We did a short tour of the village, Queen Marys Drive,Woodham Park Way, Faris Lane,across the Basingstoke Canal, West Byfleet and on to the Pyrford Road, Warren Lane, Newark Lane,Polesden Lane ,Send Marsh,Send Barns Lane to the Portsmouth Road, cycle path to Burpham,Jacobs Well,Salt Box Road. At the traffic lights we turned left on to Cumberland Avenue, Keens Lane, footpath to Hydes Hill, left into Aldershot Road,right into Southway, subway under the A3,past the cathedral, right into Elmside and up through Onslow Village by Curling Vale, Manor Way and High View Road and a cunningly concealed footpath to emerge at the top of Down Lane.
The swoop down to Compton saw three breakaways manage to overshoot the next turn on to cycle route No. 22 , our intended route to Puttenham, where they turned up, rather sheepishly I thought, some time after the rest of us had started our lunch.
We left at ca. 1400 bound for the Watt Memorial Chapel, Compton, a fine example of Art Nouveau decoration. The leader managed to break the first law of mountaineering, The Leader Never Falls Off. But survived. Down New Pond Road,Stakes Corner Road,Sandy Lane, Guildford High Street,Epsom Road to Squires Garden Centre for tea at 1550. The intended tea place was to be Ockham Bites, but we had had such a leisurely day in glorious weather it was too much strain. Next time, perhaps.
From Vic White
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