Denise and her spanking new Specialized Ruby.
No competition as Barry had left Skippy at home. There was an impressive 15 or so heading up Portnalls behind TomTom on a long ride to a new destination near Faygate. A whizz down Reigate Hill and on the the road to Newdigate a reminder that Halloween is upcoming:
And dashing Des …
the traditional run through Rusper had one un-redeeming feature – the double crossing of the fast dualled A264.literally taking your life on your handlebars. Tom V had found a pub cafe just this side of that road and this was the checkout ride. Except there was a little misunderstanding which combine the ddouble crossing with a tour of the Littlehaven quarter of Horsham. But after losing one rider who mistakenly diverted to the old destination we found it.
And it was a very nice find too. Good cake, reasonable prices and very pleasant interior and staff. I’m sure we will be back.
The return featured a core warming straight out of The Frog and then a nice route to Charlwood. The bit back through Redhill & Mearstham is what you pay for avoiding a North Downs ascent giving us 50.56 miles @ 11.98 mph. Very commendable for the slow’uns!