Ride #2 from Chobham Museum r’bout, at 9:45 AM, courtesy of Chris Williamson. Coffee either Savill Garden or Dorney. Lunch at Blackwood Arms in Burnham. Overall about 50 miles or so with a couple of stiff hills.
See you there!
Ride #2 from Chobham Museum r’bout, at 9:45 AM, courtesy of Chris Williamson. Coffee either Savill Garden or Dorney. Lunch at Blackwood Arms in Burnham. Overall about 50 miles or so with a couple of stiff hills.
See you there!
It was a bit of a chilly start for August – last night in Northern Ireland it was minus 2º! Nevertheless it was sunny and a large, cheerful crowd gathered in Godalming in readiness for the Tanner’s Hilly One! And that’s how it turned out to be: it was good to ride some of the Bicycle Icycle / Greensand route – some in the reverse direction – which of course is a delightful route. It was brilliant to ride up Tanhurst Lane, something I personally hadn’t done for a good number of years: it was still just as good. We took our time over the ride and needed to wait for quite some time on a couple of occasions due to mechanical and gradient issues so Derek changed the lunchstop from Shamley Green to the Volunteer in Holmbury. And very nice it was too – they were busy but they had ample staff on duty and food came quite quickly.
The route shown below shows the one I took which copped out of the final few hills in favour of a flat route back from lunch. For a more detailed view click here: http://www.strava.com/activities/184753000
Thanks, Derek and Anne – nice ride!
Louise Gagnon writes . . . .
7:15 AM: Louise offloading £350 worth of groceries. That’s the quietest the kitchen will be all day.
9 AM: Riders registering, having a cup of strong coffee and why not, a little pre-event stretch.
9:45 AM: More riders with itchy feet while Don, his father and Peter wonder aloud where they have put the starter pistol. So much for entrusting this to former pilots!
10:30 AM: Riders have gone. Dane entertains Jules with some hilarious GPS stories before scooting off on marshall duties.
11:30 AM: The catering team, minutes before the tsunami of riders glide in for their Stage 2 grub. (Back row: Lynette Jeggo, Brian King, Hilary Stevenson, Jules Lowe. Front row: Heidi Vinson, Louise Gagnon, Mark Waters).
11:40 AM: Peter Hackman caught red handed by a security camera. Seen grabbing a sandwich before heading to his marshalling check point.
5 PM: Don still crunching numbers. 138 very satisfied Audax riders; another success for West Surrey CTC!.
See details of the Brighton Breezy Randonnée taking place on 7 September on the Calendar