Despite the early coolness, seventeen of us stirred ourselves to meet at Mole Hall with no precondition of where to go. Tony Hopkins graced us with his presence and looked a little confused about the ride "preparations". Eventually we agreed to ride to Ye Olde Swan at Thames Ditton and a route was hastily dreamt up which took us along Walton and Molesey Roads from where we turned off right into Rydens Road. We crossed Hersham Road into Station Road, turned left into Ashley Road, left into Queens Road and left again into Mayfield Road to join West Grove. From the roundabout at the end, we took a few back paths and roads to join Molesey Road again and took Esher Road at the roundabout and turned off left to go into the Wayneflete Tower estate. The ride may well have been short, but we all burned several calories climbing through the estate.
We followed the road around Sandown Park and crossed over the roundabout into Embercourt Road. After the railway bridge we turned left into Speer Road and right into Summer Road to the welcome sight of the pub.
Surprise, surprise - Helen Tovey and I have the makings of a plan for the ride from Cobham next week.
John
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