Helen Juden writes….
It’s great to see so many people out enjoying themselves on bikes, though sharing the roads with mass-participation rides can be rather tricky. If you are leading on Sunday 8 June, please bear in mind the routes of these other events:
Wiggle Surrey and Sussex Scramble
The hyperlinks go to route information about these events.
Many thanks,
Helen Juden
01428 683302
Bob McLeod reports seeing a couple of cycling animals on the Danebury yesterday. He suspects they escaped from the Alresford Watercress event!
Louise Gagnon writes…. 
Elstead Audax 100 organisers took an exceedingly dim view over rumours of illegal drug usage. Here Peter Hackman is pictured after one successful intervention. Thanks Peter for keeping this great annual event drugs-free! [ All joking aside, thanks to Nick Davison, Marion Davison, and Peter Hackman for organising such a wonderful event. The route was beautifully scenic, mostly traffic-free and also somewhat pothole-free as we rode mostly in Hampshire. As always the presence of other riders coming from far and wide made the real difference. A gorgeous sunny day and 23 C really boosted our spirits as well. Marion, thanks for the refreshments. If I were you I’d get Peter to assist with dishes; he seems so highly capable.
Please note: – change of meeting place for Brockenhurst ride 18 May. Now 8:00am at 41 Boundstone Road, Farnham GU10 4TW. OS186/831439
Happy pedalling. Liz
This was the ride done by the Intermediates ‘A’ group, for want of a better description; group participants were: Louise Gagnon, Alex Nash, Neil Eason, John Child, Keith Ricketts (ride leader), Phil Gasson – one of our newest riders – welcome Phil! – Laurie Mutch and your scribe Mark Waters.
An improving weather picture, forecast earlier in the week, for once met expectations: so we, who were lucky enough to be free to come out and ride today, were gifted a most glorious day – and make the most of it we did!
Chobham was the starting point and we were heading north to Buckinghamshire and Burnham Beeches, via Windsor, Eton, Datchet and Dorney, where we had elevenses at Bressingham Garden Centre. You can find details of the ride here: http://www.strava.com/activities/141045372
Lunch was taken at the White Horse in Hedgerley, just north of Farnham Common. Reasonably priced and nicely presented, with the added bonus of beer straight from the barrel. I enjoyed a pint of IPA from a local Marlow brewery. We even enjoyed the extra bonus of an ice cream on the return trip through Windsor.
The ride was a pleasant 87kms long, with not much wind. Most of the ride was spent warning our fellow riders of imminent deadly potholes in their path and, as is usual in this direction, the roads weren’t quiet.
I shot quite a few photos, including a number of shots of people. I also played around with editing tools to give some of the shots an arty look – principally because the shots weren’t particularly exciting – possibly as a consequence of the scenery not being overly exciting, but a photographer shouldn’t blame his tools!
Some shots taken along the way….
And now for some group shots!
And finally a couple of ‘arty’ shots
