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All-day Sunday Intermediate Rides |
Contact details . . Where we are going . . Start points . . Where we have been recently
This group of CTC West Surrey (CTCWS) aims to cater for those who find the Sunday Wayfarers group too slow and the Sunday Riders or Sunday Morning-only Intermediates too fast. The average riding speed for a day's ride usually falls between 11 and 13 mph. We go at the pace of the slowest, no-one gets left behind, we start together and we finish together. The day's distance is usually between 50 and 60 miles, less in winter when we start later and aim to be home before sunset. We stop for mid-morning coffee and lunch, which is usually at a pub, and sometimes for a mid-afternoon cup of tea. Sometimes we stop to look at places of interest.
While every effort is made to keep to the itinerary published on the Rides List, i.e. start point, coffee place and lunch place, within that framework the plan can be varied "on the fly" to take into account the weather, participants' wishes and dealing with problems such as punctures. The aim is to enjoy exploring the countryside using the quieter roads. Occasionally short stretches of main road or easy off-road tracks are used where lane routes would be too circuitous.
We are fortunate in having a good variety of landscapes in which to cycle in Surrey and neighbouring counties. Nevertheless, it is good to get further afield, and you will find a few car-assisted rides and the occasional weekend tour listed below.
To cater for our scattered membership, and for variety, rides start at various different places around our area. There is a list of start points below. It is possible to park a car at or near most of them.
CTC West Surrey organises a number of cycling events on Sundays throughout the main season. These enjoyable events are recommended, and this group organises no rides on these dates.
At the moment there is not a ride every Sunday. Apart from avoiding clashes with CTCWS events, this is because I am leading nearly every ride at present, and I need to keep a few Sundays free for family commitments and other activities. More rides can be put on the programme if people volunteer to lead them. Please volunteer! On some 'blank' Sundays it turns out that I am free after all, in which case I usually go for a bike ride, sometimes with or meeting another CTCWS group. So if you fancy a ride on such days, phone or email me. If something can be arranged, details can be added to this web page at short notice, and I can notify those of you who have given me your email addresses.
(The Cyclists' Touring Club now calls itself simply CTC because it is not just about touring. It also calls itself 'the Cyclists' Association' because it caters for all forms of cycling except racing, including utility cycling and most forms of leisure riding, and it acts to protect the interests of all cyclists. Also, the 'D.A.' in the logo in the top right-hand corner of this web page means 'District Association', the former name for a CTC local group.)
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| Date | Start | Time | Coffee | Lunch | Remarks |
| Thur 1 Jan | - | - | Manor Farm Craft Centre, Seale 186/896479 | tbd | The usual New Year's Day get-together. |
| 11 Jan | Ash Station | 0930 | Frensham Garden Centre 186/855428 | tbd | |
| 18 Jan | Godalming, Waverley BC Car Park 186/971440 | 0930 | Bricks Restaurant, Smithbrook Kilns 186/026390 | tbd | With Guildford and Godalming Wayfarers, leaving at 9:30 prompt. |
| 15 Feb | Ripley Post Office | 0930 | Café Rouge, Dorking 187/167495 | tbd | |
| 22 Feb | Chobham War Memorial | 0930 | Windsor Farm Shop 175/ or 176/981753 | tbd | |
| 15 Mar | Godalming, Waverley BC Car Park 186/971440 | 0930 | Grayshott Pottery, Grayshott 186/870355 | tbd | With Guildford and Godalming Wayfarers, leaving at 9:30 prompt. |
| Saturday
21 Mar |
Four Marks Village Hall, Lymington Bottom, Four Marks. SU667345 | 1000 | Phil Hampton Memorial Ride -- visit CTC North Hampshire's event page for further details and to download the route and entry form. | 30 or 50 scenic miles. All entry fees go to the CTC Cyclists' Defence Fund. Contact Ron Liptrot: prklip@btinternet.com | |
| 22 Mar | 4 Quarry Hill, Godalming. GU7 2NW. 186/959434 | 0900 | CTC W. Surrey Benstead Cup Event: 'Bicycle Icycle' | 70 scenic kms. Organiser: Mark Waters. | |
| 29 Mar | Micheldever Station | 1000 | Stockbridge | tbd | By 9:28 train from Woking or by car. N.B. check for engineering works nearer the event. |
| 26 Apr | Pyrford Common or Godalming | 0800- 0900 |
CTC W. Surrey Benstead Cup Event: 50 mile reliability ride | Organiser: Phil Hamilton. | |
| Fri 1 May -
Mon 4 May |
Forest of Dean Weekend, based at Welsh Bicknor YH. | Organisers: Derek & Anne Tanner. | |||
| 17 May | Elstead Youth Centre | CTC W. Surrey Benstead Cup Event: Audax rides: 200 km 'Stonehenge and Back', Danebury 150 km, Elstead 100 km plus various shorter non-Audax rides. | Organiser: Mark Waters. | ||
| Start point | OS 1:50000 sheet no.
& 6-figure grid ref. |
Description |
| Ash Station | 186 / 900508 | Station car park. No problem leaving your car here on Sundays. |
| Chobham War Memorial | 186 / 973619 | Bus shelter at jn of A319 & A3046. (It's actually across the road from the war memorial.) Car park nearby. |
| Frimley Green | 186 / 887567 | Bus shelter on the green. Near jn of B3012 & B3411; opposite Shell filling station. Car park nearby. |
| Guildford, Central Library | 186 / 998496 | Right outside the library, towards the top of North Street. |
| Mytchett Crossroads | 186 / 890551 | There's a bench on the corner of Mytchett Road and Coleford Bridge Road. Park in the Community Centre if there's nothing on, or ¼-mile away over the canal bridge at the side of Mytchett Place Road. |
| Normandy Crossroads | 186 / 927516 | Bus shelter. Car park nearby. |
| Pyrford Common | 186 / 029591 | In the car park. |
| Ripley Post Office | 187 / 052567 | Outside the PO, or in the bus shelter nearly opposite if the weather's unkind. |
| Woking Post Office | 186 / 004586 | Meet outside or near the PO. Park in Brewery Road car park or in York Road area. |
| Date | Start | Time | Coffee | Lunch | Remarks |
| 28 Dec | Mytchett cross-roads | 0930 | Redfields Garden Centre, Church Crookham | Barley Mow, Winchfield (lovely open fire) | Sunny but cold. Home before dark. |
| 21 Dec | Normandy cross-roads | 0930 | See lunch | Bacon butties etc. chez Libia & David. | Rode across Ash Ranges and then meandered distinctly indirectly to arrive at the get-together late in the morning. |
| 7 Dec | Haslemere Station | 0930 | Midhurst | See Sunday Riders' rides list -
"Ballards Brewery Bicycle Tour".
Ballards Brewery, at Nyewood, open from 1000 to 1230.
Went to Haslemere by car instead of train because of engineering works. The South Downs were looking great thanks to sunshine and blue sky. Refreshed ourselves at the brewery, the Elsted Inn and the Keepers Arms, Trotton. |
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| 30 Nov | Ash Station | 0930 | Rural Life Centre, Tilford 186/858434 | The Three Horseshoes, East Worldham | Good sandwiches and beer, and a log fire. |
| 16 Nov | Chobham War Memorial | 0930 | Wren Chocolate Theatre Café, Windsor | Jolly Woodman, Littleworth Common | A few pleasantly traffic-free miles along the Jubilee River cycleway between Eton and the Burnham area. |
| 26 Oct | Frimley Green | 0900 | Next Door the George, Odiham | The Yew Tree, Lower Wield | Good pub: good food and beer, and the log fire was a welcome bonus on a wet day. |
| 19 Oct | from 1030 |
One-day sale of cycle parts and accessories and cycling clothing at Guildford Spectrum | |||
| 5 Oct | Ripley PO | 0900 | Henfold Lakes | The Punchbowl, Oakwood Hill | Tea chez Brian & Helen, Guildford |
| 28 Sep | Ash Station | 0900 | NT Café, Hindhead | The Harrow, Steep Marsh | "Tea" - ice cream at Arford |
| 21 Sep | CTC W. Surrey event: Tricyclathon | Three light-hearted competitions, pace-judging, a short hill-climb, and freewheeling. Organiser: Clive Richardson | |||
| 7 Sep | Pirbright Village Hall car park | CTC W. Surrey event: Reliability rides: 100, 75, 50 and 30 miles. | Organiser: Rico Signore | ||
| 17 Aug | Shere Village Hall | CTC W. Surrey event: Tour of the Hills and Tour of the Greensand Hills | Organiser: Tim Bar | ||
| 3 Aug | Winchfield Station | 0915 | Elm Park Garden Centre, Pamber End | The Old House at Home, Overton | 0846 train from Woking.
Tea at Lasham Garden Centre |
| 25 July - 28 July | Welsh Festival of Cycling at Rhayader | ||||
| 20 July | Ripley PO | 0900 | Tanhouse Farm, 1 mi S of Newdigate | Warnham Nature Reserve | Tea at Abinger Hammer |
| 6 July | Ash Station | 0900 | Country Market, Sleaford | Hawkley Inn, Hawkley | Tea at Rural Life Centre, Tilford |
| Thu 26 Jun
- Tue 1 Jul |
Long weekend in Normandy, staying at Hotel d'Angleterre in Le Havre. LD Lines ferries: dep Portsmouth 2300 26/6 arr Le Havre 0800 Fri 27/6; dep Le Havre 1700 1/7 arr Portsmouth 2100. See the cliffs at Étretat and the Pays de Caux, le Pont de Normandie, Honfleur, the Pays d'Auge and the valley of the Seine. Wining and dining! | ||||
| 15 June | 27 York Road,
Woking. Parking available |
0730 | Shoots Garden Centre, S of Ashington | The Coast: Shoreham | Midsummer Madness! Ninety-something miles. If that's too much, you could park at Shalford Park (at 7 miles, free on Sundays I think), Shalford Green (Chinthurst Lane, 8 mi), a lay-by on A281 between Smithbrook Kilns and Alfold Crossways (3 or 4 to choose from, ~14 mi) or just S of Loxwood, car park opposite the Kirdford and Wisborough Green fork (20 mi). Reckon on a 13 mph schedule from Woking. |
| 1 June | CTC W. Surrey event: Scorathon. Route finding and treasure hunt. | Organiser: Keith Chesterton | |||
| 25 May | Brockenhurst Station | 1020 | Holmsley Station House | Christchurch | 9:09 train from Woking for The New Forest. (Also, there are car parks in and around Brockenhurst.) |
| 18 May | Elstead Youth Centre | CTC W. Surrey event: 200/150/100km Audax and six other shorter rides | Organiser: Mark Waters | ||
| 11 May | Normandy Crossroads | 0900 | Darnleys, Haslemere | The Sun, Dunsfold, which charged me £2.95 for a pint of bitter shandy. What a rip-off! We won't be going there again. | Fantastic weather - one of those days that makes you glad you were born. Spring fully sprung - fresh greens throughout the woods and meadows. It was too warm for anything other than pootling through the lanes taking it all in. Good tea, as always, at Hector's at Farncombe Boat House. |
| Fri 2 May -
Mon 5 May |
Exmoor Weekend, based at Exford, well organised by Derek & Anne Tanner. | Rain was forecast, but we had nothing worse than short, light showers. Some tough hills, but superb scenery. Good food and drink to satisfy our healthy appetites. | |||
| 27 Apr | Pyrford Common | 0900 | Cranleigh swimming pool | Half Moon, Northchapel | Bluebells everywhere. |
| 20 Apr | Pyrford Common or Godalming | 0800- 0900 |
CTC W. Surrey event: 50-mile reliability ride | As popular as ever, and fine weather yet again. Organiser: Phil Hamilton | |
| 13 Apr | Winchfield Station | 0915 | Lasham Garden Centre 186/692438. Met Winchester CTC here by chance. | New Alresford station. Thomas the Tank Engine much in evidence. | 8:46 train from Woking or ride to the start.  A showery day; mainly dodged them in the morning, but suffered a prolonged one in the afternoon. Tea at the Rural Life Centre, Tilford Reeds. |
| 30 Mar | 4 Quarry Hill, Godalming. GU7 2NW. 186/959434 | 1000 | CTC W. Surrey event: 'Bicycle Icycle' | 70 scenic kms. Organiser: Mark Waters. Pleasant weather; the forecast showers held off. | |
| Easter
Saturday 22 Mar |
Medstead Village Hall 186/659369 | 1000 | Phil Hampton Memorial Ride -- visit CTC North Hampshire for further details and to download the route and entry form. | 33 or 50 scenic miles. Enter on the day or in advance - ? (proceeds going to the CTC Cyclists' Defence Fund). Janice Montgomerie 01420 80783 jlm49email-ciclismo@yahoo.co.uk | |
| 16 Mar | Frimley Green | 0915 | Holme Grange Craft Village 187/824668 | New Inn, Stratfield Saye 175/682617 | We survived an unpleasant, wet day. This was the first time we have used this coffee place, and it was good. The New Inn welcomed us, as always. |
| 9 Mar | Normandy Crossroads | 0915 | Grayshott Pottery 186/868354 | Rising Sun, Milland 186/838270 | Showers were forecast but we were lucky; it poured while we were having lunch and there were only a few spots while we were riding. |
| 24 Feb | Mytchett Crossroads | 0915 | Next Door the George, Odiham | Royal Oak, Lasham 186/676426 | Visited the Military Horse Cemetery, with its memorial stones dated from 1880 to 1899 dedicated to five famous horses, in Shoe Lane on the outskirts of Aldershot. Lots of quiet lanes today. Tea at Seale Craft Centre. |
| 10 Feb | Woking PO | 0930 | Café Rouge, Dorking 187/167497 | Fox Revived, Norwood Hill 187/240435 | Sunshine & blue sky all day; a frosty start, mild later. |
| 20 Jan | Ash Station | 0930 | Frensham Garden Centre | Red Lion, Oakhanger 186/769359. Good. | Tea at Rural Life Centre, Tilford. Not much sunshine, but no rain and amazingly mild for January. |
| 6 Jan | Pirbright (bus shelter opp. White Hart) | 0930 | Lucky Duck, Shere | Onslow Arms, Loxwood 186/041311 | Cold but lovely and sunny. |
| Tues 1 Jan | Manor Farm Craft Centre, Seale 186/896479 1030-ish | New Year's Day get-together. Standing room only! | |||