Wednesday, May 30, 2018

B's to Dinton Pastures

I arrived early, around 9.55, to the Nibbles cafe Datchet and in dribs and drabs 15 assembled by train or bike. We never managed to set off until 11.15 as Grant arrived late having punctured.

The Sun never raised it's head and there was a slight chill in the air but just nice for cycling. Through Windsor , Clewer, Oakley Green, Stud Green, Waltham St Lawrence and the edge of Twyford and onto Hurst and a group photo outside the Castle Inn which has a CTC plaque mounted on the wall outside, see photo. We managed a good pace and arrived at Dinton dead on 1.00pm for lunch at the Dragonfly cafe. We all sat inside and the service was excellent and we managed to leave dead on 2.00pm.

Lots of nice country lanes for our journey back to Windsor Great park, by now the temperature has risen sufficiently to remove a layer of clothing. All enjoyed the decent of Crimp hill and onto tea at Windsor farm shop. Some had already headed home once we reached Old Windsor. Most had cake! And enjoyed a chat before heading different ways home. I lead few back to Datchet to catch a train back. I headed East through back roads home. A very pleasant day on the bike and 71 miles door to door.



Thank you all for your company and to Terry for back marking.

Tony..

1 comment:

Steph said...

Didn't get to see u at T so thanks for a lovely ride . We didn't ride all the way back but got a train from Staines . Strava did resume recording correctly despite 2 train interruptions 64 miles.