Not a surprise to have fewer riders than of late out today
for maybe others read the weather forecast as I did. As I am local to
Addlestone, I did not have to leave home until the rain had stopped, and
surprisingly, it stayed dry for the rest of the day!
Our route to lunch took us through Homewood Park which
is adjacent to St. Peters hospital, Chertsey, then around Chobham, skirting
Windlesham via several leafy lanes with plenty of conkers which could so easily
throw one off their steed! We approached Ascot High Street via South Ascot, up
that pesky gradient!!!
Our lunch at The Stag public house was a little marred; first
of all there was no soup (a disaster for some), then they had no IPA (a disaster
for others), also......the barman could not get the till to accept the special
deal i.e. a sandwich plus an alcoholic drink for £2. I don't know what happened
where the deal was £1 for a soft drink? To cap it all one meal was very, very
late and no refund or ? offered!! Nevertheless, the food was very good, well
presented and tasty :)
Our return was through Windsor Great Park, from Watersplash
Lane to Bishopsgate and hardly another person did we see, but I did spy a lonely
stag very near the road. See posting on blog re closure of certain roads in the
park 28/29 Oct due to a form of cycle racing.
Tea was taken at Squires, Upper Halliford, albeit we had
planned to use the bakers in Shepperton but we sort of over whelmed them with
our number but in fact, only seven of us stopped at Squires. Maybe seven would
have been too many?
Tim punctured coming out of the Park and never caught up with
us due to his mobile being non-active!!! Andy stayed back with Tim and they had
their afternoon refreshment in Walton.
My thanks to Tim for his photos and route, already on the blog,
and for being back marker. Also thank you all corner markers. Great job :)
:)
My thanks to all for joining me,
Pam :) :)
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| At The Stag, Ascot |
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| Good thing Ed hasn't got access to the internet! |
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| Addlestone - Ascot - Shepperton |
1 comment:
What a great picture of Ed!
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