Well done for the 100 miler Sapper. It was nice to met and ride with you.
Hope you enjoyed the ride and hope to see you on one of the other rides. (And that goes for all the new riders
).
20 people! it seem's these rides are getting more popular as the year goes by. Thank you all for making the effort to come along. It was a great mix of old Cycle Chat faces and new.
It was a really lovely ride. The overall pace was not too fast and not too slow and served up some cracking cycling. A few busy roads to contend with but this is the Olympic Road Race route and they will have closed roads to help them along. But it did have some cracking country lanes and views that more then made up for the traffic.
I was very pleased to see that everyone managed to cycle up both Shere Hill and Box Hill
, and the descent into Gomershall is Cycling heaven.
The traffic when we got back into London was friggin' horrendous due to roadworks which meant we got a bit split. So sorry about that.
The weather was pretty good and even the sun shined now and again. We did have a little shower of rain after Box Hill but nothing major... so User sort out your bit of seaweed.....
A big cheers to TC1 for helping out with the back marking/way marking and for the splendiferous photo's as usual
We will be doing this ride again in the new year... maybe even before.
Next months ride (Martin's) is next on October the 22nd. It's a very nice mix of climbs, rolling hills and speedy parts of about 120 miles to Rye and back. No doubt about it, It's a leg stretcher and an ideal ride for those who want to push themselves a little more. But it's worth it for the gigantic plate of Fish and Chips at the Ypres Castle Pub. So hope to see some of you then.
ps. Q: When does a Sausage Baguette become a Sausage Ploughman's?