Friday, April 06, 2012

B Group - April 4th 2012

Despite a poor forecast, 16 set out from Cobham to ride to the Boatman pub at Guildford. This is about the ideal size for a group for which I was grateful. We went slowly up hill in almost a straight line via East Horsley to the top of the North Downs with the sun still shining and little or no wind from the SE. I always enjoy the way you emerge from the trees on the descent to the A25 as the country opens out in front of you. A brisk ride through Albury and Chilworth with clouds
gathering got us to the pub at 12:35 which is when I like to stop. It was sadly too gloomy and cold to sit outside by the river but there were blasts of warm air from a blower over our heads and the food was served promptly.

We made a brief visit to Guildford Castle, which few seemed to have visited before, and then descended via Burpham, the A3 parallel path, and Ockham to the Medicine Garden cafe at Cobham. The air temperature seemed to have dropped by now and there was the odd spot of rain. All in all the ride was about 25 miles with no mishaps.

A thankyou to Gill as the back marker and also for showing me this route in November 2010 and to Bernard for the photos at the castle.

Harry Cole

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