A Monday reading of the blog may have solved last week's Case Of The Missing Peleton / Lanterne Rouge (two King's Heads in Guildford) but it meant major surgery for my intended route to avoid repetition.
In the continuing good weather, fifteen A's set forth from Leatherhead; the Lower Road got us to Effingham where we turned up White Down. A reverse Hilly 50 left us close to Peaslake where I failed to make contact with the pub (no signal). So we pressed on up to Pitch Hill, then along the ridge to Winterfold and down to Smithwood Common. We reached the B2128 with time to spare so I tossed in two more lanes (Upper House Lane, Stroud Lane) before stopping at the Bricklayers Arms in Shamley Green around 1245. Not many customers, definitely no cats! Well guarded by a panoply of umbrellas we dined alfresco.
One short for the return, we took the back lane, crossed over the B2128 to tackle the undulations to Blackheath and the plunge to Chilworth. One Tree Hill was the last major climb of the day before Merrow backstreets threaded a route to the A3 cyclepath. A final round of drinks and several comments on nettles at Ockham Bites. Around 35 miles from 11s to tea.
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