On Wednesday 2nd we will be riding from Cobham to Rokers Farmhouse Café, near Worplesdon If you wish to contemplate what to have for lunch click on 'Cafe Menu' to download a PDF copy of the menu.
In Cobham we will meet in the usual place, near the Royal British Legion in Hollyhedge Road, handy for the public toilets, and various refreshment opportunities including 'The Bakery' and 'Caffè Capital'. Please avoid excessive mingling and remember to bring your face masks.
Afternoon Tea will probably be in Walton on Thames at the Wilde Brunch café by the bridge.
We have an 18 mile ride to lunch which will take us a good two hours.
This is a link for the route:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/36025334
There is just the one mountain, the well known and well loved Staple Lane and the rest is almost totally flat.
When we reach the car park near the top of Staple Lane we will head off through the trees along the North Downs Way though to Newlands Corner. When we did the recce, on Monday after lots of heavy rain, we found lots of very large muddy puddles and had to ride through them. Two of the sub-leaders are doing a recce today and will report back on the state of this track. I am hoping it will have improved and it shouldn't be any cause for concern at all on Wednesday.
For the rest of the ride I am recommending that we use cycle lanes and paths wherever we find them.
After lunch we will head towards Brookwood and the Basingstoke Canal. Around Brookwood Heath, soon after lunch we will ride down a very minor road where, if there is still much mud about we will need to dismount and walk around the edges of the muddy patches. We hope to find a drier parallel track to bypass the big puddles.
Please contact me by email if you would like to come.
Look forward to seeing you
~ Tim
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