18 of us left Addlestone for a 15 mile ride to West End nr
Bisley to have lunch at the Hare & Hounds. The pub is tucked away down a
side road and easily over looked and I only found it after zooming in on google
maps, looked at their website and gave them a call. I hadn’t found it when I
was doing the recce – I had another pub in mind. Tim’s photos give a good idea
of what it is like. The staff were very welcoming and the food and beer
excellent. It deserves a return visit.
Getting there was straight forward enough. We carried our
bikes over the rail bridge behind Chertsey and continued off-road along Ferry
Lane. After Laleham Reach we took the obvious route through Thorpe to Virginia
Water, Longcross, Valley End and the minor roads into West End.
I had been tempted to use Blind Lane (more off-road and in
very good condition except the recce showed that at the very end a fencing contractor
had turned it into 30 metres of quagmire). I gave it a miss this time.
After lunch we continued westwards down Brentmoor Road and
turned into Priest Lane (I missed the turn initially) – more unpaved road. If
we have a continuous spell of rain this will be impassable but for us it was OK
on the day.
Thanks to Bob’s local knowledge we were able to ignore the road
closed signs approaching Bisley. We made our way down to the canal via Knaphill
and along to West Byfleet where a number peeled off. The rest of us stopped for
at tea at the Bourne Valley GC. – 11 miles from lunch.
My thanks to Tim for the photos, maps and being TEC and to
all who marked the corners.
Peter T
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