We covered some unfamiliar routes today, or to put it another way, I got a bit lost. But it ended well.
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| Birthday boy Ed |
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| Looking forward to the ride(?) |
It started well too, with rousing singing to celebrate Ed's birthday at West Horsley. Bob, David W, Ann, Lilian, Keith, Graham and Robert formed the choir, which I'm sure was appreciated by all the other customers. After we had sorted out a big muddle by the staff trying to split the bill, we got under way, up Shere Road as the first hill, and after that we decided it was to be pretty much the only hill. Ed sensibly made his own way to Godalming while we tackled Albury and through to Bramley. Here we went a bit off-plan and tried the Downs Link, which led us to the famous sewerage path through to Farncombe. Very pleasant and fragrant it was too, thanks to a favourable wind direction.
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| Albury |
David W left us at lunch, but as we sat down for lunch Ray joined us, having chased us from West Horsley. Ed and Lilian caught the train back from Guildford after lunch. The plan was to ascend Guildford High Street but I decided to change the route to follow the Wey towpath, which went swimmingly very well until I missed a turn in the vicinity of Stoke Park, leaving us in unexplored territory on the wrong side of the A3! Despite all the dry weather we had to hike past a shocking patch of mud, but after that it was actually a fine off-road route back to Burpham, where we took the A3 cycle lane back to Ripley for tea.
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| Lost in the jungle, somewhere near the A3 |
A very enjoyable day out. Thank you all for your company.
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