Overstuffed with birthday cake and propelled by a very helpful breeze, fourteen As set out from Weybridge. After Trumps Green and Wentworth we approached Callow Hill (the only hill of the day) from the south-west. This is a lot easier thanks to recent resurfacing. In Englefield Green we detoured to the Sun before descending Crimp Hill into Old Windsor where the call was made. A late change of mind saw us heading into Datchet just as the level crossing was reopening. As Eton College's Chapel hoved into view, coming up the road, head down, was a familiar figure - John B. We never heard the full story but it starts : late to 11s... So fourteen became fifteen. All that remained was a ride over the seemingly windless Eton Wick to The Pineapple, Dorney.
Somehow we were not recognised as cyclists and dined alfresco rather than at a table reserved for us! Recent rains had washed most but not all offroad thoughts from my mind but the Jubilee River is irresistible, but sticky in parts so apologies to those now cleaning their bikes. At the far end we turned left (rather than the usual right or straight on) and the B376 led us back to Datchet. As we past some of Horton's residents was exercising their livestock. The rest was the obvious - Poyle, Stanwell Moor, Ashford. More resurfacing saw us on the pavement before the A308 with tea at Nutty Lane. A modest 55 miles for me.
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