A Group April 6th

A beautiful spring day and about 20 of us left Cobham towards East Horsley for a day on quiet lanes. There was a suggestion at EH that someone had punctured and been dropped early on but the bush telegraph failed. From there up Green Dene, down Combe Bottom and on over Albury Common from whence the descent was checked by the level crossing where we waited for 2 trains. At Farley Green we took the left fork and Shophouse Lane to Winterfold, then through the edge of Cranleigh where Jeff waited to guide another puncture victim to lunch. From there it’s a flat run along Alfold Lane to the A281 and on to the Crown at Alfold. It’s up for sale and its days as a pub may be numbered but the reception was friendly, the garden was sunny and after some delay we were all acceptably fed. From the pub we turned right along Rosemary Lane and across a short stretch of forest track ( from which Frank deviated into the wood, avoiding a gate and demonstrating his ATB skills on a fixie). This took us past the Old Lock House of the Wey and Arun canal to join Knightons Lane into Dunsfold. A left turn into Hookhouse Lane led to Loxhill , up to Hascombe and then the ever pleasurable run down Thorncombe Street to Bramley followed by the Downs Link to Shalford. Then the main roads took over through Guildford to Squires at West Horsley. A very enjoyable 40 miles to tea so all should be fit for Shoreham next week.


Brian Greenwood