Sunday 24th July 2011

First of all, my apologies for such a late report.
Not a large group to-day -all but Jeff had arrived at elevenses by the time I got there. Graham had kindly led Ed, Ian, Peter, John G.and Tony (I think) to Nutcutt's. Terry, Alan, Bob, Bill and Margaret were also part of the group - as was Irene who come to join us for coffee but could not stay out all day.
We left Notcutt's around 11.15, making our way into Staines, continuing to Wraysbury, Horton, Datchet and Eaton. From there we cycled across the common at Eaton Wick and turned left to go past Dorney Lake (next years venue for the Olympics rowing). After the motorway bridge we turned to follow the Jubilee river for a short distance leading us to the A4 which we crossed to go up Berry Hill to our lunch venue. A very nice pub, our table had been reserved in the garden and we enjoyed a very pleasant hour there.
Our tea stop was Shepperton Lock which we reached via Maidenhead to Bray. From here we followed a cycle route - Monkey Island to Fifield then Oakley Green, over Clewer Hill to enter the outskirts of Windsor Great Park. We exited at Bishopsgate and took the road to Englefield Green to go over the lights so that we could fly down Prune Hill! Knowing that Jeff is not partial to off-road cycling (and we had already been over some rough bits), I decided it would be wise to stay on the road to Chertsey and so to Shepperton.
We were very lucky with the weather - plenty of sun enabling us to enjoy sitting outside at each of our stops. No incidents - just a very enjoyable day out!
My thanks to Graham and Terry for watching the 'rear end' - Pam :) :)