Hunger's End - Tulley's - Denbies
Fourteen
riders were at the start at Merstham for today’s ride. The weather, though not
exactly balmy, nevertheless was a good bit warmer without the Siberian winds we
had the previous week. Our departure was delayed by the first of today’s minor
mechanicals, caused by Ray’s rear brakes binding. Mark’s mini tool soon solved
the problem, and we were on our way. The route was pretty flat today, the only
bit of modest uphill being to get across the A25 ridge. On the descent, the
next mechanical occurred, with Hans’s front wheel starting to squeal. While a
bit of judicious bolt tightening was dealing with this, Pete’s rear mudguard
decided to separate into two sections, resisting efforts to join it together
with those stand bys of every cyclist’s tool kit, insulating tape and
elastoplast.
These crises
being dealt with, we carried on our way, past Outwood Mill, Brickhouse Lane,
then into Copthorne, before turning into Old Hollow. This being the ‘A’Group’s
Centenary Teetotallers’ Day Out, lunch was taken at Tulley’s Farm,near Turner’s
Hill, where we partook of some decent home cooked fare, though I dare say we
could have managed a bit more on the liquid front.
Rain had
been forecast for the late afternoon, so we didn’t hang about after lunch, as
we headed back along the Balcombe Road into Horley, then along the picturesque
Lonesome Lane to Reigate, and so through the lanes into Dorking, where we had
tea at Denbies.
I got home
in the dry, as I hope everybody else did, with 55 miles on the clock, having
enjoyed a good workout in very congenial company.
Rob
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