Fonda's Fellas and Fillies (Easy Riders) left Cobham with the main aim for the day - lunch at Ye Olde Swan at Thames Ditton. We rode through some of Cobham's back roads and tracks to emerge on Fairmile Lane which took us out to Portsmouth Road. We turned off left through West End and, at the roundabout at the bottom of Lammas Lane, went straight over into Riverside Drive. There is a narrow gate which has to be walked through and an uphill ride to The Green at Esher but this way avoids the traffic up Lammas Lane.
From the top we skirted Sandown Park and into Ember Lane, then across Hampton Court Way into Thames Ditton where, unfortunately, Helen Tovey's bike had a front puncture. This had been most unexpected as both tyre and tube had only recently been fitted.
While the main group carried onto lunch Helen and I walked round to Andrew Manning's cycle shop Cyclelink at the end of Thames Ditton High Street for the puncture to be mended. Thirteen of us sat down for an enjoyable lunch but fortunately at two tables. Tea was at Patisserie Valerie, Kingston.
John
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Strange, I missed Jane (Fonda) at Cobham! But I did "feel the burn" later in the day...
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