A very pleasant morning for todays ride, a little humid but not too hot! My right hand lady counted 26 as we left the day centre but it was a little less by lunch time - due to personal commitments etc...
We travelled along the Surrey Lanes via Woburn Hill, Chertsey Bridge, through the park to St Anne's Hill then Lyne. From there we cycled towards Longcross, taking a right turn to Trumps Green, onwards to Virginia Water where we entered Windsor Great Park. A convenient place for the conveniences - if required!! Our ride through the park was delightful. Not many pedestrians...or dogs! We passed a horse drawn carriage going in the opposite direction but...disappointingly, no royal passengers!!! The rhododendrons were in full bloom, beautiful! We traversed Savill Gardens, exiting at Bishopsgate to descend Crimp Hill and so to The Fox and Castle for lunch. The bar staff are always very welcoming, the food and service was good - for most of us! There always seems to be the one or two who have to wait somewhat longer for their orders!! This resulted in a rush for our new chap, Godfrey to rush his meal. Apologies for that - I would not normally be in a hurry to leave the lunch pub but we needed to get to Molesey at a reasonable time for we had all been invited to tea and cakes at Liz's home - where she was displaying many of her wonderful paintings. The return route was pretty obvious, across the meads at Runnymede, Egham, Thorpe to Chertsey Bridge, across Walton Bridge and so to Molesey.
We had noticed a black cloud in the direction we were going and of all the bad luck it dropped it's load on us within 10 minutes of reaching Liz's home!!!! Most sheltered, some going straight home but there must have been a dozen of us at tea.
Many, many thanks Liz for our tea and cakes - delicious....also to our corner markers, (what a difference it makes to the ride discipline)! To Tim and Terry for back marking and the photo and route maps, and to all who were on the ride :) :)
Cheers Pam :) )
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| Weybridge - Old Windsor - Molesey |
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| At The Fox and Castle |
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| The Leader drying off before Tea |
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| Soggy Wayfarers refuelling |
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| Leader with hostess, l'Artiste |
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| The Works |
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