Lunch in the dry at "The Cricketers"
Leaving in sunshine
Wet,wet, wet! Elevenses to lunch then tea to home! Bob, Pete, Lisa, Irene were the early birds at Runnymede for 11's, then Pam, followed by Keith, Ed, Adam, Jeff, Andy, Antonio and Terry. We made our way to Windsor Great Park via Priest Hill and Bishopsgate. Across Park to Forest Gate, round the Peanut Roundabout, down Mounts Hill and left into Hatch Lane as Irene wanted to point out the Hatch Pub to Andy. We lunched at The Cricketers pub (Winkfield?). A wonderful comfort stop! Leather settees for all of us, the baguettes were huge with chips and salad, also a good selection of ale!
Still raining as we made our way via bridle paths etc. to cycle across Ascot Race Course to Cheapside and back into Windsor Park via Blackness Gate. Shame the polo was not in progress, lots of horse boxes and all that, must have been tea time!
Back through Bishopsgate and down Tite Hill into Egham, through Thorpe to pick up the lane and bridle way around the golf club at Penton Park.
Just had to stop for a while to admire the Shetland pony and foal, then the owners of the Abbey Bridge Farmhouse came out to chat, talking about their ponies and showing us their huge barn full of motoring memorabilia. Very interesting!
Hopefully tea was to be at Shepperton Lock but the general assumption was that it would be shut, but, good news for us, it was still open when we arrived there. Irene and I left first with huge black clouds rolling in and it wasn't long before it rained, so goodness knows how wet the others guys were when they got home!!
It was a really nice day and thank you very much Irene for leading the ride, super route!
Still raining as we made our way via bridle paths etc. to cycle across Ascot Race Course to Cheapside and back into Windsor Park via Blackness Gate. Shame the polo was not in progress, lots of horse boxes and all that, must have been tea time!
Back through Bishopsgate and down Tite Hill into Egham, through Thorpe to pick up the lane and bridle way around the golf club at Penton Park.
Just had to stop for a while to admire the Shetland pony and foal, then the owners of the Abbey Bridge Farmhouse came out to chat, talking about their ponies and showing us their huge barn full of motoring memorabilia. Very interesting!
Hopefully tea was to be at Shepperton Lock but the general assumption was that it would be shut, but, good news for us, it was still open when we arrived there. Irene and I left first with huge black clouds rolling in and it wasn't long before it rained, so goodness knows how wet the others guys were when they got home!!
It was a really nice day and thank you very much Irene for leading the ride, super route!
From Pam (Irene)
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