Pyrford Lock

Bread pudding ride to Pyrford Lock

Sunday 21st August. A mostly Sunny day saw 22 Cyclists (and no Phantoms !) split into 2 groups, leave via Portsmouth Rd, Giggshill green, Weston Green, Esher, Walton on Thames, Weybridge -with 1 more joining group 2-, Brooklands Park, Byfleet & ‘Muddy lane’ (I’m pleased to say it’s not), Wisley to Pyrford Lock- group 1 took the opportunity for a Photo-, for lunch at ‘the Anchor’ (Hall & Woodhouse), then about to depart, -a small delay whilst a broken cable was attended to-, groups briefly as one, Pyrford, Walsham Gates, Ripley Green, Ockham Mill, Ockham, (with a handily closed Road), Hatchford, Cobham, Fairmile, to Claremont Gardens for Tea & Bread pudding, Esher, Hinchley wood, Long Ditton, Surbiton to finish back in Kingston. Total 29 Miles, special thanks to Mags for leading group 2, thanks to Toni & Will for back marking each group. Map:- www.plotaroute.com/route/2006267

Group 1 Pyrford Lock: Lindsay

Bread Pudding ride to Pyrford Lock

IMG_3735.JPG Downside Green

Downside Green

Sunday 21st May. A bright Sunny day, with the ‘usual Leader’ having a day off, welcome a new Leader, Jon, with 21 Cyclists, leave via Eden St., Surbiton, Long Ditton, Giggshill Green, Weston Green, Esher, Walton on Thames, Thames Towpath to Weybridge, (where the BP man almost made a break for freedom), Brooklands community Park, Byfleet, Wey Navigation Canal Towpath to Pyrford Lock for lunch at ‘the Anchor’, then Wisley, Ockham, Martyr’s Green, Hatchford, Downside, Stoke D’Abernon, Cobham, Fairmile, Stokesheath, Claygate to Long Ditton for Tea & BP at ‘Squires Garden Centre’, then Seething Wells, Portsmouth Rd track to Kingston. Total 33 Miles, 1 new face. Thanks to Steve J for back marking, many others for marking corners & JD for the Bread Pudding, and special thanks to Jon for leading a novel route to a familiar destination.

Map :-www.bikemap.net/en/route/4005177