Well I’ll admit to waking up with a few concerns. Was I asking too much of the B group and would the rain hold off. Well the answers were an emphatic no to the first and just for the second. So it was that an enthusiastic group of 12 ( Liz, Stephanie, Francoise, Frank, Mark, Bernard, Eddie, John G, Roger, Mick, Phil and myself ) got into low gear to attack the climb to Coldharbour. After being rewarded with fine views of the Sussex Weald from below Leith Hill we swept down to Forest Green and then via Lynefield Lane to Ewhurst Green. Onwards via the edge of Cranleigh, Amlets Lane and Smithwood Common we made for the Red Lion at Shamley Green passing the A Group on their anticlockwise circuit to Cranleigh. By this time the sky looked rather dark but we spurned the offer of an inside table and the rain continued to hold off. After a pleasant hour or so at the Red Lion the sky was brighter and we headed off through Wonersh, East Shalford Lane and then the path through Shalford Park to Guildford. From there we crossed Stoke Park and the meadows, the A3 path to Send and back to Cobham for tea arriving just before 4 - a quiet and scenic route of about 32 miles from Dorking. I made it home to Ashtead just before the rain. Phil’s ride with the A group last week clearly didn’t deter him though this week he had road tyres on his mountain bike and settled for a ride with the B’s.
Brian
Brian
No comments:
Post a Comment