Tomorrow's ride is short for a variety of reasons.
MetOffice says light rain in the morning, heavy from early afternoon whereas for Kingston heavy starts late afternoon. So we might be lucky!
Some (like me) will entrain. From Surbiton there's a cluster of trains (0930 Woking only, 0932 and 0936 Guildford). If fine, I'll catch the last of these to Woking else Guildford, the next stop.
If you miss all of these, the next train is 1005.
The A281 (Guildford-Horsham) is closed at Bramley. Alternatives such as the Shamley Green road (B2128) are busier than normal, and some are single track. Further south the turnoff into Run Common Road has been closed for the last 18 months as it crosses a collapsed badger sett and is near a colony of great crested newts, a protected species. Footpaths do parallel the road but they may be out of bounds even to cyclists! There's a direct route to lunch (small amount of mud) just short of the turnoff. I'll let the weather decide which route we take.
NB currently Downslink is for mudlovers only where not part of NCN22.
I haven't planned a tea stop but West Byfleet would suit me fine.
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