Category: Ride Reports

Another lovely day. We set off for home at 09:30hrs following a peaceful route through some tiny back lanes. We encountered a number of kissing gate obstacle on a signposted bridleway, which had us ‘weight lifter’ style bikes above heads, go figure! A slight headwind today was pleasant and kept us from overheating too much. […]

  Despite the huge overnight thunderstorm most of our route was dry as a bone and the temperature was still good. We left at 09:30hrs due to Dennis’s car being a few minutes away, as there wasn’t any parking facilities at the Premier inn, town centre. We had a gentle, cooling headwind for most of […]

  Another hot day start with temperature at 17°C at 08:00hrs rising to 26°C by mid afternoon. We left the hotel at 09:00hrs with a short, sharp climb to access the bridge over the Medway. Elevenses was at, ‘The Signal Box Cafe’, Hollingbourne. Lunch was in Faversham town square where Bill dealt with a troublesome […]

Six riders signed up, Bill Martin leading and organising, Andy Pearce, navigation second  man, Tracy Caudle, Trevor Kite, Adam Domaingue, Paul White. Dennis Peacock provided support car without which the trip would’ve been much more difficult. Weather hot 27°C and humid. Elevenses at Reigate Hill cafe with lunch at Otford. Overnight stop was at the […]

          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 […]

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 […]

  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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

5 Riders, Trever, Tracy, Bill, Edd and myself Adam met in a sunny nonsuch park. We made our way out the park past all the usual runners and dog walkers, via Banstead Station, up to Epsom downs and onward to Headley Heath. I was mostly dry until the last section from Headley Heath to Boxhill […]