On a wet cold and windy day Cliff led a small party of nine including, ladies first, Gill Pat Angie and Liz plus Eddy Dave Terry and Les out of Dorking via Punchbowl Lane. A bit of dissent in the troops occured due to the climb but everybody got up OK. Cliff promised that it was the only one but was proved to be inaccurate at the short lung tester at Trumpets Hill, whether you took it direct or tried to byepass it at the adjacent T junction.This was after passing through Brockham and Betchworth on the backway to Leigh. Here were no takers when an extension was offered to Newdigate as most people were cold and wet enough.
As a change to the Plough we went into the Seven Stars, first time for a long time for most of us, and enjoyed a pleasant lunch served by an amiable publican and his staff. After lunch Pat was found to have punctured and due to a dearth of gentlemen the ladies proceeded to change the offending tube, assisted, I have to say, by Les on the pump.Fortunately Pat had purchased the correct spanner for the removal of the wheel, thus avoiding the embarrassment of a previous puncture when we had been unable to get the wheel off.
Tea was had by Dave Terry Liz Gill and Cliff at Fannies in Leatherhead whilst the others continued straight home, I clocked a modest but cold 40 miles
As a change to the Plough we went into the Seven Stars, first time for a long time for most of us, and enjoyed a pleasant lunch served by an amiable publican and his staff. After lunch Pat was found to have punctured and due to a dearth of gentlemen the ladies proceeded to change the offending tube, assisted, I have to say, by Les on the pump.Fortunately Pat had purchased the correct spanner for the removal of the wheel, thus avoiding the embarrassment of a previous puncture when we had been unable to get the wheel off.
Tea was had by Dave Terry Liz Gill and Cliff at Fannies in Leatherhead whilst the others continued straight home, I clocked a modest but cold 40 miles
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