Saturday 31st May, off road Claygate Cricket Club

          After crossing the A24 south of Malden Rushett we entered Prince’s Coverts forest land. A detour had to be made from our path due to an area being fenced off for logging, but we came out more or less where we wanted to be in the end.  We passed through […]

Friday 23rd May, away day Rochester recce

Four riders parked up in a quiet residential street in Upper Halling at 09:30hrs for the exploratory ride. Adam Domaingue, Bill Kent, and myself with Bill Martin leading, cause he had an OS map. Second map reader was Bill Kent who had the map on a mobile phone do-wacky thing. In June a group of us […]

Saturday 3rd May, off road Wilde Brunch Cafe, Walton Bridge

  At the cafe we met Barry Gregory and caught up on news. A nice morning ride out, but whilst we chatted and ate the sky became overcast and a little threatening as if the few days of above normal temperatures were going to cause storms. The return journey was north side of the Thames […]

Sunday 13th April, off road Wandle Trail

Ten riders out today: Bill Martin, Bill Kent and myself met at Cheam and then headed for the ponds at Carshalton. There we found Adam Domaingue, Dave Elliott, Trevor Kite, Tracy Caudle, Lucinda Gould, and Trevor Hughes our leader. (We met Andy Pearce later.)  The route, something we haven’t done in a few years, was […]

Saturday 29th March, off road Ockham Bites/Woking

Eight out today. Ed Pegg, Bill Kent, Adam Domaingue, Tracy Caudle, Trevor Kite, myself, guest rider Mark Davies trying the club out for the first time, with Bill Martin as leader today. The weather was bright and sunny, although there was still a chill to the air.  The route: Ewell, Hogsmill River, Chessington South, Barwell […]

Saturday 1st March, off road, ‘Baton’ Ride

Seven riders at the meeting point in Nonsuch Park; five were hiding in the cafe due to the cold, damp and foggy conditions. Bill Kent, myself, Ed Pegg, Adam Domaingue, and Bill Martin were all found in the cafe by Tracy Caudle and Trevor Kite when they arrived. This was a ‘Baton’ ride, meaning each […]

Saturday 22nd February, off road Clarke’s Cafe, Leatherhead

Only two riders out today with a lot of club riders away for a dirty weekend of off road shenanigans in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire. Bill Kent and I met in the Nonsuch Cafe on a warmer, but damper day. The heavy rain had been through during the night and now everything was back […]

Saturday 15th February, off road Garson’s Farm Cafe.

Seven riders at the Nonsuch Park meeting point in overcast, chilly conditions. Today’s temperature hovered at 2°C as we set off. Our riders today were, Tracy Caudle, Trevor Kite, myself and Adam Domaingue, Bill Kent, Trevor Hughes and Bill Martin leading. The route out was iggy-wiggy on trails sandwiched in between Ewell and Epsom, on […]