Hersham AGM to Staines and the Walled Garden
"Oh, no! It's not you cyclists again?" was the greeting I got from a horrified lady on arriving at Hersham for the AGM. Our number did indeed fill the Day Centre. However, we promptly removed to the Village Hall, where the business of the day was expeditiously dispatched by Chairman Pete B. Irene then took her place as Boadicea (for some reason renamed Boudica) at the head of the A Group and quickly led us away through the plutocratic estates of Burwood Park and Ashley Park. We followed an unhurried course over Walton Bridge to Chertsey Bridge and along the towpath beside a very placid Thames to Staines, where we secured our chariots outside the ubiquitous Wetherspoons.
Fortified by steak and kidney pudding and London Ale we then turned 180 degrees and took a tarmac route to Lower Sunbury, to enjoy the warm, autumn tints of the Walled Garden and for some a toasted tea-cake the size of a dinner plate.
The early afternoon was mild enough for us to take our tea outside before parting for an early homeward journey to forestall the rush hour and while still in fading October sunshine.
The early afternoon was mild enough for us to take our tea outside before parting for an early homeward journey to forestall the rush hour and while still in fading October sunshine.
(For Mrs Scott)
Lost and forgotten at the garden, one black left Altura cycling glove. If yours, this little orphan is awaiting collection.
Jeff
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