After a thoroughly wet four weeks, I'd almost forgotten what a day without rain was like! With quite a lot of cloud all day and a distinctly fresh, Northerly wind it wasn't a gem of an autumn day, but the lack of rain made all the difference, and 14 (I think) members assembled at Squires Garden Centre for our elevenses meet.
West Horsley and back is a fair distance for may of us without adding on a ride to lunch, and most opted to return home or do a shorter ride to a closer lunch venue. An out and back morning ride, perhaps with a meeting point (for instance at Kingston) is one of the options for our future, more flexible rides programme, and today showed how it might work. More follows - I will be e-mailing you later this week, hopefully, about our January/February programme!
Anyway, Graham, Simon, Keith, Ann and I did continue to lunch at Wetherspoons, Godalming, riding via Shere Road, Blackheath, and the trusty Sewage Works path (mud-free). We took a reasonably hilly ride to lunch but a much flatter one home via Guildford (but avoiding the town centre), and Ripley, where we went our separate ways.
As Simon and I approached Muddy Lane, recently confirmed as a bridleway, a helpful local resident appeared, and assured us it wasn't yet a cycle path, and that it was blocked at the far end. He offered further words of advice as we set off up the track. It wasn't blocked, but, equally, the various barriers and gates haven't yet been removed.
Thanks to all for your company.
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