Ten As made it to the coast where this specially posed photo shows the pier at Worthing in its full glory. Well it was supposed to anyway.......
The climb up the South Downs via Chantry Lane was as long and sharp as expected (I hope, after reading route details on the earlier blog).
The view of the South Downs was stunning although a very rough off road (and therefore very slow) descent followed. This was probably no faster than the ascent had been. Frances suffered the only puncture of the day following the rough surface but luckily it was more or less downhill all the way to lunch where we arrived in good time at The Bull in Goring by Sea. The food was good and quickly served. The idea of a photo outside the pub was rejected in favour of one by the sea instead.
Several peeled off towards the train station and 6 continued to climb the South Downs and admire the views once more. It was then heads down and good time was made to a tea stop at Southwater for the final photo call for the day.
Dorking to Tanhouse was 73 miles and 3,882ft elevation but several will have achieved over 100 miles and 5,000ft for the day, all at a good pace but with an average speed not reflecting the effort involved due to the 2 off road descents.
3 comments:
Great ride, Janice. Thanks
Well, what an absolutely terrific ride, but I don't think that B Group will be doing that one any time soon!
Janice,
Many thanks for a superbly organised ride yesterday. You managed to get us all on the road by 10.30 and to keep the speed up while giving us safety briefings when necessary. I was impressed we passed the Sussex Oak at around 11.30, which we normally aim to reach for lunch at 1.00.
I enjoyed the route, particularly south of Horsham, where the roads are not so familiar. Chantry Lane was a delight, and the off-road return to Horsham which I had not done before.
Sorry my legs could not maintain your pace after lunch. I arrived in Horsham just after 5.00, in time for a train home, arriving around 6.30 which was my planned return time.
Congratulations on making the first faster/further ride a success. Perhaps we could try some even earlier starts to increase our touring range, while releiving some of the time pressure during thw day.
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