An undulating ride with no significant hills from 11's at New Haw to lunch at Hurley and tea at Squires GC Upper Haliford. 51.4 miles from 11's to tea at a moving average of 14.1 MPH.
12 left New Haw day centre for lunch at the Rising Sun Hurley. A brisk pace into a headwind as we had a good ride ahead of use before and after lunch. Through Ottershaw and across Chobham Common and through Suningdale (where one of our number headed for home) to Ascot and past the race course. Through Winkfield, (with a brief stop to don rain gear) Hawthorne Hill, Littlefield Green to White Waltham.
Into Butchers Lane and Bottle Lane and a left turn onto NCN4 and a lovely stretch across hedge-less fields of Yellow Rapeseed and across the A4 to Burchetts Green and onto Honey Lane and a nice descent down to Hurley and Lunch. New Landlords at the Rising Sun and the service and food were top notch, Tony D said Buon appetito then Ne Voglio Ancora which he never had.
After lunch we took the Henley road, A4430, towards Pinkneys Green with a nasty little after lunch climb, short but after a relaxing lunch it got the blood pumping. Skirting Maidenhead to the South and onto the A308 Windsor road into Windsor. Down through Datchet and Old Windsor and Runnymede, Staines, Laleham and Shepperton (where Jeff took his leave) to tea at Squires garden centre Upper Haliford. Pots of tea and big lumps of cake later the remaining group went their separate ways home.
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