An amazing 22 riders applied to ride from Redhill. Maybe some newish riders were not aware of the big hill . After careful scrutiny I decided to accept them all and they all passed the first test with flying colours sailing up and down to Redhill as if it was a walk in the park. The cold start soon brightened with sunshine and an easier section to lunch passing through the nature reserve and the rolling country south of Redhill before crossing back into the familiar territory of the lanes to Leigh. Thank you to everyone who joined the ride and made it an enjoyable day out, particularly Paul Day for backmarking and Tim for subleading. (I still don't know the origin of Irons Bottom, ironstone was mined out of the greensand ridge around Reigate so maybe a link...photo attached without any bottoms on it ).
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I counted nine bottoms but no irons.
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