B Group June 18th

I was expecting a modest group especially after early morning drizzle but ended up with 21 leaving Henfold. Just as well I had picked a pub that could cope. Deciding to avoid Weare Street for  a change we went to Ockley and then along Standen Lane to Walliswood before taking the Horsham Road through Rowhook to Warnham for an early lunch at the Sussex Oak. A few left to meet early commitments and the rest of us headed back in the sunshine to Rusper and along Partridge Lane to Park Gate and Strood Green. Here we stopped at the village shop to break the long run back to Ashtead for those in need of an ice cream or other refreshment. About half the remaining group left for home from the Denbies roundabout while the rest of us toiled up through "little Switzerland" to Headley and then down to Bike Beans in Ashtead where eight had tea.