Next Wednesday's ride from New Haw will firstly take everyone 28 miles to lunch at at the Fox and Goose, Greywell (https://www.facebook.com/
New Haw - Greywell - Ripley Option (about 55 miles elevenses to tea)
Subject to demand, one group/s will ride back homewards to tea at Ripley (28 miles from lunch), also with an optional intermediate tea stop at The Yurt at The Cricketers, Pirbright. To make this option available, volunteer co-leader(s) will be needed to lead from .gpx but it is not a complicated or especially hilly route.
New Haw - Greywell - Winchester Option (about 50 miles elevenses to tea) Returning home by train
The rest of us will continue south-west from lunch, riding 25 miles along very pleasant country lanes and passing through only a very few small villages, right to within a mile of Winchester city centre. A short meander around the quainter (traffic-free) parts of the city will then lead us to tea either at Winchester Cathedral refectory (closes 4.00pm) or Wetherspoons (The Old Gaol) , as preferred! Return home will be from Winchester station, very close to the tea stops, but unhappily sited at the top of a hill, probably the steepest one of the whole ride! Otherwise, much less hilly than almost all recent 'A' rides with only about 700m/2,100' of height gain all the way from New Haw to Winchester. Off-road sections are limited to a couple of fully-surfaced cycle paths. I will lead this group but if more than nine want to continue to Winchester then we will need another volunteer co-leader.
There is an ASLEF strike on 31 May which will mean some reduced suburban services, but note that SouthWestern Railway still plan to run a full service between Winchester and Surbiton/Clapham Jct. There are normally three available trains per hour London-wards, and you can get back to Surbiton (for example) in just less than an hour, if you are lucky, but you will usually need to change at least once, either at Basingstoke or Woking. Group Save fares (a third off for three or more people travelling together to the same place) may be available if you do not have a Senior Railcard, but one person would need to buy all the tickets for those travelling together.
As this is rather more complicated than usual, do e-mail or WhatsApp me if you have any questions. Otherwise, if you are interested in joining the ride, or co-leading if needed, please e-mail me at cycledave23@gmail.com by 6.00 pm on Monday 29 May and state clearly your choice of destination (Winchester or Ripley). If still needed, I will then request co-leaders if no volunteers have stepped forward in the interim.
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