Once again I find myself in the role of amanuensis; once again a largely uneventful ride on officially the warmest day of the year so far. Certainly there were hordes of cyclists; most of whom overtook us with something to spare.
At the top of Staple Lane were the signs of the Cycling Weekly Cyclone; later on we met competitors close by Walliswood. At a cyclists' cafe recently featured in Cycle magazine, Dave opined that "most expensive" rather than "favourite" was more accurate as £20 bought him two breakfasts and not much small change. Leaving eight behind for various reasons, Ed settled on a flat route via Peaslake, Ewhurst and Rowhook to Warnham. As befits Mothers' Day, most lunched in the churchyard before crossing to The Sussex Oak for liquid refreshment. In time seven became eleven as Terry, then Chris and finally the two Petes joined us.
Balfour Beatty were hard at work on the Warnham station crossing so bikes had to be carried. But there was no real delay and 25 minutes before Capel church's official opening hour we were making our selection of cakes. Roger put in an appearance; he was leading a KCC ride from Horsham station(!) to The Haven and Capel and Kingston. About 60 miles door to door.
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