OUR BLOGS HAVE MOVED!

 

The new web addresses that you need to use from now on to access the Wayfarers and Cheam and Morden blogs are as follows:

mwwayfarers.blogspot.com
cheam-and-morden.blogspot.com

The best way to access the blogs is via our main website swlondonctc.wixsite.com/ctcswlondon which you can bookmark for future ease of access. Please note that the Beginners blog address remains the same.

Previously, these blogs have been administered by a past member of the club who has acted as sole Admin. Whilst being grateful for this past member’s work, the committee feel that it will improve management and increase resilience to bring these blogs within the control of the club and as such we have created 2 new blog sites.

The future administration will be by a minimum of 2 current active members of the club on behalf of the Committee. They will have new web links but to all intents and purposes will look and feel just like our existing blogs. You can still view all the historical blogs going back over the years since their creation on the new blog sites.

The biggest task ahead now is to sign members up to be authors on the new blogs. We need to do this in batches and we will start with those Ride Leaders who are leading rides in the next month. The rest of the membership who were blog authors previously will then be invited to sign up over the following months, followed by members who have recently requested to be authors. And should you wish to post something before you are invited to sign up, please contact Tim C or Simon L.

So what do individual members have to do now - nothing! Just bookmark the website and use this to access the blogs.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me.

~ Sue Foster: Sue.foster39@gmail.com

C&M Ride Sunday 8th June.

We shall start at The Granary Cafe, Polesden Lacey with lunch at The Assembly Rooms, Epsom as advertised on the Rides List. Afternoon Tea will be at the Canbury Secret Cafe, Kingston.

Looking forward to seeing you all on Sunday.

Jennie  

Ride Report - Sunday 1 June 2025

 

It was, I'm afraid, the usual shambolic mess we have come to expect from this leader!   There was, apparently, some sort of route, but the leader was unable to load it to his appliance!   No doubt sensing trouble, Geoff G, Tony H and Graham H wisely turned for home after elevenses.   Loyal member  Ray W had gamely arrived suffering with a heavy cold but was definitely not fit enough to continue the ride.  Ten more did elect to continue (I think they call it 'adventure tourism'),  We split in two and Andy C very kindly led the second group (and actually managed to navigate from the alleged route)!

How we got to Hayes is a bit of a haze!   And by some miracle, at a respectable time!   On reflection, since a lot of the route followed the Grand Union Canal towpath, it would actually have been difficult even for this leader to get it completely wrong, providing he turned the right way to start with!

Restorative lunches were enjoyed al fresco in a delightful and picturesque setting  at the Botwell Inn!  Nerves steadied, we set off again, starting with a detour to the impressive site of the old  HMV factory and warehouse complex, and attendant large dog, which is mandatory when in this area, followed by a return to the towpath.

There followed a bit of ducking and diving (not actually in the canal, although one would not put even that beyond this leader's capabilities), passing a 'great barn', before we landed up on the Heathrow western perimeter cycle route, as it were.  There were ample plane-spotting opportunities before the glamour of an international airport descended into the mundanity that is Ashford!

More distant options were offered, but, unsurpisingly, most jumped at the chance to get themselves free of the leader, and chose tea at Longacres, Shepperton!

Thanks all for your company, and for putting up with it all, and special thanks to Andy for his help.