For the ride from Dorking, 14 riders gathered. All present if not correct were Vic, Jeff, Dave, Will, Toni, Pete, Ray, Mike, John S, John B, Bob, Dave J, Ian and Rob. Numbers may have been limited by the dismal weather forecast, but in the event the score was Sou’westers 1 Weathermen 0, as not a drop of rain fell.
Our route was strictly due South into a steady headwind through Blackbrook and on to Newdigate, and then into West Sussex and Rusper. After that we took the direct route into Faygate past the railway station, and having crossed the busy A264, climbed up the drag of Tower Road to our lunch destination at the Dragon in Colgate.
Our way home took us through Lambs Green and then Burnt House Lane to Langhurst, which led on to Partridge Lane, where we met up again with Ian who had taken a different way back. After passing through Brockham we ran (not literally) into the back of the Easy Riders who were returning from Leigh. Crossing the golf
course Vic picked up our only puncture of the day while the rest of us rolled into Denbies for tea.
Another splendid day out, enlivened at our meal stops by such diverse conversational topics as the perceived deficiencies of BT, musical notation, the geology of South Cornwall and the poems of John Betjeman.
I looked on with some satisfaction as the rain started just after I had parked my bike in the garage.
Rob
Our route was strictly due South into a steady headwind through Blackbrook and on to Newdigate, and then into West Sussex and Rusper. After that we took the direct route into Faygate past the railway station, and having crossed the busy A264, climbed up the drag of Tower Road to our lunch destination at the Dragon in Colgate.
Our way home took us through Lambs Green and then Burnt House Lane to Langhurst, which led on to Partridge Lane, where we met up again with Ian who had taken a different way back. After passing through Brockham we ran (not literally) into the back of the Easy Riders who were returning from Leigh. Crossing the golf
course Vic picked up our only puncture of the day while the rest of us rolled into Denbies for tea.
Another splendid day out, enlivened at our meal stops by such diverse conversational topics as the perceived deficiencies of BT, musical notation, the geology of South Cornwall and the poems of John Betjeman.
I looked on with some satisfaction as the rain started just after I had parked my bike in the garage.
Rob
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