What a grey day but at least it didn't rain and it wasn't as hot as last week! A group of 19 set off from Walton Day Centre, including Birthday Boy Ray and new rider Howard whom we hope to see again but he is still one of the world's workers, so appearances may be sporadic. This was my Two Rivers Ride (Thames & Jubilee) but in reverse! There was a short taste of the Thames as we took the towpath to Walton Bridge, otherwise the bulk of riding by the rivers was after lunch. Our route was out through Chertsey, skirting Thorpe and into Egham where we took Hummer Road down to the A30. Traffic was extremely fast here, so crossing over to the Meads took a while and enabled Tim & Ray Wren to catch up. We now followed the Runnymede Road and went through Old Windsor before taking the Datchet road into Windsor itself. There was a Dog Show going on in Windsor and the open grassy area on our right was covered in tents and caravans! Crossing the river into Eton, we followed Route 4 and then Route 61 to Eton Wick & The Greyhound Pub.
Having pre-ordered our lunches, everything worked well and we set off again at approximately 2.15 p.m. heading for the Jubilee River path which took us to the Eton-Datchet road. It was now a very familiar route - Datchet, Wraysbury, Staines and the towpath to Laleham, Shepperton (where some left the group) and on to Squires in Halliford Road for tea - 12 of us.
A low-key, flattish ride (the only hills were bridges!) we covered approximately 33 miles from elevenses to tea. Thanks to everyone for your company, to the corner markers and to back-marker, Tim.
~ Gill Finlay
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