Friday, September 07, 2012

A Group 5 September


A Team Wednesday 5th September


Our group of 11 left Cobham BL at 11-15 comprising of  Mark, Paul, Peter, Rob, Simon, Colin, John, Vic and Tony D.
At a briskish pace we set off  on the well trodden route to Plough Lane, Ockham, Hungry Hill (it wasn’t closed) to East Clandon but not up Staple Lane, but right along the A246 for the short ride to Merrow, then up to Newlands on the quieter Trodds Lane.
Re grouping at the top it was a very fast descent down the newly resurfaced A25 to Abinger Hammer where right up the steady climb through Sutton, Holmbury St Mary to Forest Green, continuing on to Wallis Wood and Okewoodhill and lunch at The Punchbowl Inn.
A better day to lunch in the garden you couldn’t wish for, service was a tad slow but all agreed, well worth the wait for the excellent meals.
Watered and fed, it was off across the A29 along Weare Street, this familiar beautiful quiet road is ruined by the bad surface in many places, then to Ockley, Capel, Newdigate, Blackbrook and Pixham Lane for tea at Annie’s in Leatherhead, just ordering our tea and cakes before the arrival of the B group.
40 miles from Cobham to tea, for me 76 miles from door to door quite possibly similar to many of our group.

Frank C   

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