B Group Jan 20th

The Plough, Rusper, and Bernard before he had his double whiskey

photo of the log fire but Stephanie insisted on being in it.

Ed reckoned his soup was decorated with sump oil

Wot a day! There were only seven of us at North Cheam, it’s never a popular ride to Redhill, plus the weather forecast. We all got to Redhill without incident other than a few bits of sleet. While we were having our coffee it started to snow intermittently. Five of us set out towards Lambs Green, viz Ed, Liz, Norman, Stephanie and my good self. Soon after we started it began to snow, hard. Big fluffy flakes. By the time we got to Charlwood Norman was cold and so he stopped there with the intention of catching a train back. We four carried on, the roads by now were slushy and as the cars passed they gave us a good spraying. I had planned to go down a lane to The Lamb in Lambs Green but the lane was all white, not even a car track, so we changed plan and went to Rusper instead. We had lunch at the Plough where we were made most welcome and, best of all, there was a blazing log fire. After a nice lunch and an argument between Ed and the landlady about which way to Newdigate (Ed’s best line was “I’ve been coming here since before you were born” after all she only lived there) we separated, the others set off towards Newdigate and I went to Horsham railway station. By now there was an inch or two of snow and the small roads were slightly nerve-racking. On my way home on the train after Redhill there was no sign of the snow so I guess it was quite localised. Regards Bernard