Pat Daffarn has obtained samples of the bib tights in sizes 5, 6 and 7. If you would like to try them on before you order yours please give him a call on 07801 713518 or email him: pat.daffarn@gmail.com.
On Wednesday 4th November a select band of 6 group 4 riders set off from Ripley for coffee at Polesden Lacey. The f’cast was for showers, but actually we scarcely got rained on at all. After coffee we were heading for the Scarlett Arms at Walliswood, but so were the group 3 riders, so our main objective was to get there first We went via Box Hill, Betchworth, Newdigate, Capel & the lovely (if poorly surfaced) Weare Street.
We arrived at the pub about 10 minutes before the other group. Result! But there was plenty of food for all. After lunch I returned via Elstead, Cranleigh and Shamley Green. Strava says we did 88.2k & 720m of climbing. It also calls one of the Strava segments “Box Hill cake stop”, but I can assure you we didn’t stop for cake! Many thanks to Nick Davison for leading us (& getting us to the pub 1st!).
Somehow I’ve managed never to visit this tucked away spot before, despite its being only a few miles from several of our regular watering holes. Do you know where it is?
West Surrey CTC AGM will be held on Saturday November 14th, starting at 10am at the Jack Phillips [Weatherspoons] Pub in Godalming. Come and support our club and bring along your ideas to improve our activities. Tea and Coffee will be available at the start and a free drink at 12 at the bar!
Nick Davison, Secretary.
An example of the wide range of cycling activities enjoyed by our members is shown by the variety of organised rides, from a gentle pedal down the Basingstoke canal towpath to the energetic All Day Sunday riders. A further and even more extreme example is provided by Tim and Debbie Richards, regular riders with the Midweek Wayfarers, who on 1st November start their challenge to race across America within a team.
The website to look at is www.racetheworldcycling.com from which you will see that this is a true race between two teams. Each team must have at least three riders on the road at any one time, and the time is recorded at the end of each stage as the third rider crosses the line. A day’s riding for the team will be between 200 and 300 kms. Midweek Wayfarers in particular may wish to follow Tim and Debbie’s progress by looking at the website 1st November, and 14th November, when they are scheduled to finish in Miami; they are in team Deman.
At a slightly more leisurely pace, but in a remarkable feat of endurance, another Midweek Wayfarer rider, John Gilbe, completed the Paris-Brest-Paris, the true classic long distance event covering 1200 kms, in well under the maximum permitted time of 90 hours; well done John.