Bob, Tony, Diane, Lilian, Ed, Ray, Graham, Maureen, Pam and I met at Morrisons, Weybridge's least expensive elevenses venue, and duly regaled ourselves with the sundry delights on offer! Bob, Ed, Graham and Maureen made their own ways home while, once baggage was safely stowed in the overhead lockers and all seatbelts fastened, the rest of us took off for Heathrow! In a radical break with tradition, our route took us in an anti-clockwise direction! Some thought they saw similarities to a previous route of Simon Lambourn's - pure, blind coincidence, I say!
There were one or two surprisingly picturesque corners en route to Hatton Cross, after which we weren't sure 'who was zooming who' - as we circumnavigated Heathrow we passed an army of plane spotters watching the planes, as we, fascinated, watched them and their elaborate equipment!
Our 'refuelling stop', The White Horse, proved once again to an excellent place for lunch, with a very welcoming and helpful landlord, and delightful floral decorations. Once replete and on the road again we kept the airport on our east side and took a fairly direct route to the end point at Shepperton. The sky turned increasingly hazy as we travelled south, and the strong, acrid smell of smoke from a large fire on Hankley Common made it a distinctly unpleasant and stifling ride, but we survived!
Many thanks to everyone for your company!
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