B Group - 12th August

A select group of eight riders who had already made the hilly journey to Redhill set off in good weather to cycle eastwards, almost into Kent. One of the riders had cleverly spotted that we might well be headed back for the hills around Chipstead before the day was out.

The first few miles were a series of climbs out of Redhill in the direction of Oxted and then southwards towards our lunch stop at the Greyhound in Lingfield.

Well done to the peloton for keeping together and therefore making Tony (our corner marker) and Tim (our back marker) almost redundant. It was a potentially tricky loop round the countryside with some 18 crossroads, T junctions or other route turns before lunch.

We then headed off in a north-west direction to our tea venue at Fanny’s Farm. Other cyclists may wish to note the sad news that Fanny’s Farm will be closing for good next month.

In light of the weather the day before and the day afterwards we were a very fortunate group to be out in the splendid countryside on a fine August day.

John Austin


Map and photos for John's ride to Lingfield (17.2 miles) then up some more hills to Tea at Fanny's Farm (13.9 miles).