With a not very good weather forecast for the morning at least I set off for south west Urbania aka Teddington hoping for the best. A pleasant start to elevenses was cakes and teas/coffees from almost birthday boy Mike, thanks Mike.
I led a couple of dozen or so to the fountain in Bushy Park then turned right and joined Hampton Court Road. Soon we escaped much of the traffic by turning into Lower Sunbury Road which led to Shepperton. A combination of poor memory and new Surrey Cycle Guides which don't name all roads shown led to a halt and head scratching in Chertsey but Tim with his magic gizmo came to my rescue. We were soon under way again and found our lunch stop The Golden Grove at the foot of St Ann's Hill (there's a clue). Lunch was good but inevitably took a little while, we didn't leave until well after 1400.
My original plan was to head west to Chobham but that was obviously out of the question so in even nicer weather we sped up St Ann's Hill to Lyne, passing The Royal Marine (my originally planned lunch stop but they couldn't cope with our numbers). Soon we were obliged to stop and watch a Portacabin being loaded onto a lorry, after which we turned into Accommodation Road then headed for Ottershaw. Hare Hill and Liberty Rise led to the footbridge over the M25 thence to Crockford Bridge Farm Shop, where some stopped, others proceded homewards. Not many miles but there wasn't really time for many more. A pleasant day out, weather better than expected, thanks to Tim for backmarking and everyone for your company.
Terry
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