Sunday, 27 January

Apostrophic confusion

 

Waiting for the late arrivals

On a mostly dry day, a dozen of us turned out for breakfast at a new venue, the Ladybird Cafe in Guildford Street, Chertsey, and it seemed to meet general approval.

Since lunch was less than 12 miles away by the direct route, we took a long traffic-free detour thru the Wentworth Estate, Blacknest and Windsor Park, exiting the latter via the Guard's Polo ground, Wick Road, and Blay's Green. Our lunch stop was the Rose & Olive Branch at Callow Hill, where a table for 10 was already laid out for us. Initially only 8 of the places were occupied, but we were later joined by Daniel. His story was that, on finding it raining when he originally woke up, he had decided not to join our ride. Having gone back to sleep, he woke up some hours later to find non-stop sunshine and decided to join us after all.

We returned via Egham and Chertsey, but at the latter decided to skip tea and make for home. I punctured at Lower Sunbury (piece of coloured glass) and took the train home from Sunbury station. My record is now as follows:

Number of C&M rides as leader:5
Number of rides as leader in which I have punctured:3
Total Number of punctures while leading C&M rides:4

Incidentally:
Q: why can't my bicycle stand by itself ?
A: because it is two-tyred!

John