A small group today with only nine at Redhill and Dave Vine joining us at lunch. A gentle morning along lanes we don't normally cover on a Wednesday. We headed over the hill to the south of Redhill to reach Lonesome Lane and then skirted the north of Gatwick to Charlwood and Ifield. From here we went via Lambs Green and Wimland to Green Lane and Warnham. After lunch at the Sussex Oaks the afternoon was more eventful. Heading from Rowhook up the Horsham Road towards Walliswood the back five became a bit detached from the group. The scene was also complicated by the appearance of riders in the Evans "Working from Home" sportive crossing our route from Furzen Lane to Honeywood Lane. Possibly the sight of riders disappearing towards Okewoodhill and preconceptions about our route led the last five to turn right in spite of the corner not being marked ( we mark the ones we turn at - not the ones we dont!!). So after 5 or 10 minutes waiting at the next junction I phoned Simon ( not the culprit!!). Any chances of reuniting soon were lost when the group, seeing him on the phone ignored his attempts to stop them. Plan B assumed they would regroup in Ockley and we managed to reunite everyone except a headstrong Jeff at the top of Mole Street. A stiff pull up past Leith Hill Place was rewarded by the long run down Sheephouse Lane and a trip round the lanes behind Westcott. A text from Jeff announced his arrival at Pilgrim Cycles and we joined him there soon afterwards. Amazingly after all this there were nine at tea.
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