It was a group of 17 which
set off on the B Ride from Cobham, heading to St Johns ,
Woking for lunch. Following Plough Lane at the start, we
continued almost as far as Ockham before turning off sharply to go up a farm
lane to reach Wisley airstrip - a move which caught everyone by surprise as
they were in full flight downhill at the time and probably surprised even more
the driver of the huge tractor who was trying to come out on to the road! Having crossed the airstrip - there was no
sign of the fellow flying his drone whom we had seen when doing the recce - it
was up and over the pedestrian bridge to Wisley, on to Pyrford Lock and then by
various small roads and paths to Old Woking Road. Now began a westward movement along roads
which skirted the town of Woking and brought us
to St Johns Surrey
pub.
This Flaming Grill pub has
a huge menu with very reasonable prices, and numerous special offers. When doing the recce, the five of us had each
been given a voucher, offering £5 refund on any food order of £15 or more. In order for the group to make use of this,
people made up small groups of 3 or 4 people and put in their food orders on
the same bill, which was almost like a team-building exercise! However, there were other offers and in the
end some wondered if they had got the best deal after all!! Hopefully everyone benefited and the pub gave
us vouchers for yet another special offer for next week! They were certainly pleased to see us.
After lunch, it was a
straightforward ride following the Basingstoke
Canal back to West Byfleet and then
taking the road through New Haw to Addlestone and on to Walton Bridge
PS: On the recce for this ride, Vic had suffered
a fall on slippery leaves on the towpath and narrowly missed a wetting. Today, we came across a man surrounded by
paramedics who had apparently been in the water. We know nothing more but it was a reminder
that we do need to be careful!
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