Wednesday, January 23, 2013

A Team Wednesday 23rd


Due to the inclement weather, riding to the Bradbury Centre in Kingston I wasn’t too sure how many would turn up, however 9 other hearty souls braved the conditions and we set of just after 11-15 for our destination to Harmondsworth, negotiating our way through Mkt Place and over Kingston Bridge, right into Sandy Lane to Teddington and Hampton Hill avoiding Bushy Park just in case it was slippery.
Avoiding the main Uxbridge Road we rode the parallel Hanworth Road to Hanworth and Feltham, skirting the South West of Heathrow through Stanwell, Stanwell Moor across the M25 to Poyle were the sleety weather started in earnest, right, back over the M25 near Longford, we were now riding in the real stuff, but by now it was just a mile or two to The Five Bells pub, although the pace was brisk, I started with 10 and there were still 10 of us for lunch, with a table of ten reserved for us, with just one other customer there all lunch time it wasn’t really necessary but a kind thought. 

After being well fed and putting the world to rights as is customary at lunch times it was back onto the bikes, unfortunately into a slight Easterly wind, although by now the sleet and snow had stopped.
Through Sipson, Harlington, Cranford, Heston, Osterley, Spring Grove to Isleworth.

It would have been along the Tow Path to Richmond but this looked very icy so it was along the main road across the A316 to the south side of the bridge to the café under the bridge. I made it 29 miles from Kingston to tea, hopefully all got home before lights were required.

Frank C

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