Old Windsor - Littlewick Green - Great Cockrow
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| Leader Dave |
Kingston
Bridge was the magnet
that attracted a lucky thirteen for Dave’s jaunt into Bucks. The jabbering
forecasters lied and the rain stayed away. Within minutes of our start, we were
halted in our tracks by a duck, unconcernedly escorting her brood of ducklings
across Hampton Court Road into Bushy
Park. Our first planned stop
was to admire and test the palatial ‘conveniences’ undreamt of by Henry VIII.
Unburdened, we then sped off via Laleham and Staines
for an unhurried refreshment stop at the Windsor Farm Shop. Then it was Windsor, Boveney, Bray
and Datchet to skirt South of Maidenhead to our lunchtime target of Littlewick
Green.
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| At the end of the line |
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| Great Cockrow |
At our chosen pub, the Cricketers, we were promptly
subjected to some Aussie style sledging by an anxious landlady, who feared that
our bikes would brutally bruise the petals of her mini-barrelled rhododendrons.
Male backup soon appeared, though bikes remained chained in situ and petals
blessedly unbruised. John Beer arrived for a lunch time reunion with Carolyn. Food
and drink seemed to satisfy all who partook. On remounting we were soon
crossing open fields on tranquil Bottle
Lane, to which by unlikely coincidence Tony had
introduced the Wayfarers the previous Wednesday, in the opposite direction on
the way to Hurley. Then it was White Waltham to Ascot to our terminus with tea
and cake at Great Cockrow miniature railway near Chertsey.
Here we absorbed the last few rays of sunshine, before plotting our own ways
home. Many thanks to Dave for leading a most enjoyable ride. Distance run for
me was 78 miles.
Jeff
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