I have planned a route starting in Cobham through quiet roads via Ockham,West Horsley, Shere and Ockley to Newdigate. The plan was to have lunch at The Six Bells. However their policy is to take a £10 deposit per person for groups over 10. They also charge 10% service charge on the bill. The food is good and they are doing a prix fixe at £15 for three courses, or £12.5 for two, but I have failed to negotiate with them.
So we will be having lunch at The Royal Oak Stonebridge. The down side is that the morning ride will be 27 miles. The afternoon ride to tea at the Old Moat garden centre near Epsom will be 13.4 miles via Box Hill. The route is hilly with 2000 ft of ascent in the morning followed by 1000 ft in the afternoon. Because of this I plan to start the groups off from 10.20 am at 10 minute intervals to allow us time to journey to the pub. The menu is a selection of main meals and sandwiches/baguettes at reasonable prices without a deposit or service charge.
Weather looks to be cold and sunny with a chill westerly wind. If you would like to join this ride please email me steve_duffin@yahoo.co.uk by Monday 6 pm so I can organise the groups.
Steve D.
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