A Group Nov 24th
It was a bright winter's day as I rode the short three miles to the start where about twenty were keen to dog my every step. Seeking out unfamiliar ways we entered Bushy Park beside NPL and departed into leafy Hampton via a carelessly unpadlocked gate. There was no time for General Ray as the Hanworth spiral and BP Sunbury were amongst the day's targets. The Black Dog saw us across the A308 to a Shepperton ford photoshoot. After Chertsey's level crossing we turned off up the hill past the hospital zigzagging through autumnal colours to the Plough at Horsell. As we arrived, John B and Ray appeared having been left at the start!Luckily we arrived earlier as service took the best part of an hour with eventually Ray having to be separated from an half-eaten baguette. Back we went along the Basingstoke Canal to West Byfleet then the lanes past the Anchor to Ockham Bites for the farewell repast. At times we'd been a very long line but somehow the elastic never snapped - apart from Wisley Gardens sprint! Only 44 miles and home in the light (just).
from Graham
2 comments:
The elastic never snapped because the leader kindly waited at any dodgy turnings thank you Graham!
Having found that the 'A' group had disapeared, without a map I went the best way I knew which was Bushy Park,A307,A245, as far as the Old Woking/ Woking juncion and thereon to Horsell.John B surprisingly caught up and joined me before Cobham and we used his map at the above said junction for the direct way to Horsell.Fortunately Pete Barnard had informed me at elevenses that lunch was at the Plough.A resident in Horsell directed me to the Plough which turned out to be nearer Woking than Horsell centre.
We arrived at the same time as the group and had we had known exactly the whereabouts of the Plough we would have arrived before the group and probably I would not of bolted most of my lunch down.
One other comment I would make is that it is just as important to check fully on the numbers leaving a venue as enroute.
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