West Surrey CTC All-day Sunday Intermediates 2007

All-day Sunday Intermediate Rides 2007

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Broadwood's Folly, Box Hill, looking north-west with Juniper Hall in the background and Norbury Park in the distance. 30 September 2007.

A Capel church tea, 30 September 2007

Date	Start	Time	Coffee	Lunch	Remarks
16 Dec	Pirbright (bus shelter opp White Hart)	0930	-	Brunch (bacon butties etc.) chez Libia & David Jupe, Chobham	Short morning spin around Windsor Great Park in glorious sunshine. Local lanes in the afternoon.
2 Dec	Liphook Station	0915	Midhurst	Elsted Inn, Elsted	Train assisted (0835 train from Woking). Joined the Sunday Riders for their "Ballards Brewery Bicycle Tour". Rainy early and late, but lovely sunshine in the middle of the day. Good food and drink! The day turned out better than expected.
25 Nov	Woking PO	0930	Seale Craft Centre	Good Intent, Puttenham	Greyfriars Vineyard (www.greyfriarsvineyard.com), on the southern slopes of the Hog's Back near Puttenham, had an open day; we tasted some pleasant chardonnays and chardonnay / pinot noir blends. A pleasant afternoon was spent heading out through Churt and back via Frensham Great Pond and Tilford.
18 Nov	Woking PO	0930	Caf?Rouge, Dorking 187/167497	Fox Revived, Norwood Hill 187/240435	With very wet and windy weather forecast for the afternoon, lunch at Norwood Hill was abandoned in favour of the King's Head at Holmbury St. Mary, whence the ride home in the rain took only a bit over an hour.
4 Nov	Frimley Green	0930	Next Door the George, Odiham	The Queens, Selborne 186/742336	Tea at Old Kiln Museum, Tilford A lovely sunny day after early fog cleared from the Farnborough-Fleet area.
28 Oct	Woking PO	0915	Henfold Lakes		Informal ride. An unpleasant wet day. Out for coffee then home for lunch.
Sat 27 Oct	Bird in Hand, Mayford	10 for 1030	Annual General Meeting. Annual lunch afterwards.
21 Oct	Micheldever Station	0900	Winchester	Newport Inn, Braishfield	Car/train assisted (0830 train from Woking). Via the Itchen Valley to historic Winchester, lunch at a pub in a time warp, and then the delightful Test Valley back to Micheldever.
14 Oct	Ripley Village Hall	0900 onwards	Cycle jumble. A social occasion with surprises - you don't know who you'll meet there, or what junk you'll come home with! Informal run afterwards, lunch at Peaslake, tea at Abinger Hammer.
7 Oct	Guildford Spectrum Leisure Centre	1030 onwards	One Day Sale - cycling spares, accessories, clothing.
30 Sept	Pyrford Common	0900	Box Hill	Six Bells, Newdigate. Traditional, friendly, good food & beer.	Excellent tea at Capel church, after going to look at nearby Temple Elfande.
23 Sept	Seale Craft Centre	1030	DA event -- Tricyclathon -- 3 light-hearted competitions, pace-judging, a short hill-climb, and freewheeling. A bit of fun on a sunny, autumn morning. Winner - Clive Richardson. Lunch at The Good Intent, Puttenham, followed by a meander round some Surrey lanes in the afternoon.
Fri 14 Sep - Mon 17 Sep	Peak District Weekend. This year Hartington (1), (2) was our base. On Saturday we cycled through Earl Sterndale to Brierlow Bar, partly on National Cycle Network Route 68. At this point we found the A515 closed and all the traffic diverted on to the minor road that carries NCN68, so we took the main road, and found that we could get past the railway bridge strengthening works and enjoy a quiet ride into the centre of Buxton (1), (2), where we admired the crescent, tasted the spa water and had coffee. Leaving via NCN68, we turned left at the top of Long Hill in order to descend Bunsall Incline, now a road but formerly part of the original Cromford and High Peak railway, into the Goyt Valley (1), (2). Admiring this beauty spot as we rode up, we reached the Cat and Fiddle for lunch, now the second highest pub in England but the highest when it was built. Crossing Axe Edge Moor we could make out the Shropshire hills far to the south-west, and some of the Welsh mountains. Diverting briefly to England's highest village, Flash, we headed south along Morridge with views down into the heads of the Dove and Manifold valleys to our left, across Cheshire and beyond on our right, and of the Staffordshire gritstone crags of The Roaches, Hen Cloud and Ramshaw Rocks ahead. Three miles downhill (much at 30mph) took us to Warslow and then Ecton in the Manifold Valley. We rode down the Manifold Trail through Swainsley Tunnel to Wettonmill for tea, then back up the disused railway to its former terminus at Hulme End in order to regain Hartington. On Sunday we followed the Tissington Trail (1), (2) to coffee at Tissington (1), (2). Lunch was at the Miners Arms at Brassington(1), (2), whence we climbed the hill to Middleton Top (1), (2). The level and scenic High Peak Trail (1), (2) took us to Parsley Hay for a cuppa, whence the Tissington Trail returned us to Hartington Station. Good food and drink was obtained, as on Saturday, at the Devonshire Arms. After a short ride on Monday morning, up the Dove valley, through Longnor and down the Manifold valley, lunch at Beresford Tea Rooms (CTC recommended) preceded the drive home.

Long Dale, Hartington, Peak District, September 2007. © Dave P Williamson	Whizzing down Bunsall Incline towards Goyt Reservoir, Peak District, September 2007
Morridge, Peak District, September 2007. © Dave P Williamson	Hollinsclough, Peak District, September 2007

9 Sept	Pirbright Village Hall Car Park	0800 - 0930	DA event -- 100, 75, 50 and 30 mile reliability rides. Fee ? on the line. Finish at Goal Farm Golf Club bar. Details: Rico Signore, 10 Norfolk Farm Road, Pyrford, Woking. GU22 8LF. Tel. 01483 822240.
2 Sept	Ash Station	0900	Grayshott Pottery 186/868354 - good, pleasant patio.	Hamilton Arms, Stedham 197/857223 - good, Thai food	Tea at Frensham Garden Centre. Ten enjoyed a good day, a bit more strenuous than usual.
26 August	Theale 187/646715	0930	Thatcham	Blue Ball, Kintbury	Lovely sunny day. Used several sections of the Kennet & Avon Canal towpath, which were also parts of NCN 4, and found them to be good cycling.
19 August	Shere		DA event -- Tour of the Greensand Hills and Tour of the Hills
12 August	Shalford Park 186/998484	0900	Bricks, Smithbrook Kilns 186/027391	Foresters Arms, Kirdford 186/017268. Very friendly; real ales and good food.	Tea at Hector's, Farncombe Boat House, watching the antics of an inept oarsman. The young lady with him found it very amusing, and so did we.
5 August	Frimley Green	0900	Frensham Garden Centre	Hawkley Inn, Hawkley 186/746291. Real ales, good food.	Summer returns! - a hot, sunny day.
Fri 27 Jul - Mon 30 Jul	Welsh Festival of Cycling -- Llandovery. The 'summer' weather let up - we didn't need to wear cycling waterproofs! And the scenery of the Tywi, Cothi and Usk Valleys and Black Mountain was superb. The Saturday evening film 'Bicycle Thieves' ('Ladri di Biciclette', 1948, with subtitles) was excellent, as was Dave Hill's Sunday evening slide show of his Himalayan cycling expedition.

Carreg Cennen Castle, July 2007	Upper Cothi Valley, July 2007
Usk Reservoir, July 2007	Black Mountain, July 2007

22 July	Chobham	0900	Wren Chocolate Theatre Café, Windsor	Jolly Farmer, Cookham Dean (187/871851). Real ale, good food.	We enjoyed several miles of traffic-free cycling on National Cycle Network routes including NCN 61 beside the Jubilee River from Eton to Maidenhead.
24 June	Pyrford Common	0900	Café Rouge, Dorking	A wet morning, with worse forecast for late afternoon, so we skipped Rusper, going via Newdigate & Ockley to Holmbury St Mary (good lunch at the Kings Head).
Sat 9 Jun - Sat 16 Jun	Dieppe Raid: Two of us went for a long weekend, two for a long half-week and two for a whole week. The "Tour des Trois Vallées" on Sunday the 10^th was well organised by the Club des Cyclotouristes Dieppois, with scenic, well marked routes and a pleasant lunch stop. The next day four of us headed south through the lanes to an excellent chambres d'hôtes at Eslettes, north-west of Rouen. It was Alan's and Richard's fourth stay there. We enjoyed a warm welcome, comfortable quarters and Jean-Claude's fine dinners, washed down with Normandy cider and wine. Several days of pleasant cycling on very quiet roads and interesting sight-seeing completed this year's French foray.
3 June	Corsham, Wiltshire	1000	CTC David Duffield Challenge Ride, 100km. An excellent route, waymarked throughout so navigation was a breeze! I was delighted to have a brief talk with Alex Moulton at the tea stop.
27 May	Frimley Green	0900	Coach House Garden Centre, Phoenix Green	Baughurst 174/584604	A horrible wet day. No-one else turned up at the start. Went home after coffee.
20 May	Elstead Youth Centre	0800 - 1100	DA event -- 200/150/100km Audax and six other shorter rides		Organiser: Mark Waters Superb weather!
13 May	Woking PO Guildford Library	0900 0940	Bricks, Smithbrook Kilns 186/027391	Foresters Arms, Kirdford 186/017268	Went straight home from coffee, due to almost continuous rain and my tennis elbow, which is still a problem.
Fri 4 May - Mon 7 May	Weekend at Litton Cheney, Dorset. Organisers: Derek & Anne Tanner. Saturday: Headed east to the Hardy Monument, passed below the ramparts of Maiden Castle, coffee in Dorchester, visited T. E. Lawrence's cottage at Clouds Hill and the memorial stone nearby marking the location of his fatal motorcycle accident, Wool Bridge (16th C), Moreton (Lawrence's grave and St. Nicholas's church with its engraved glass windows), returning via Upwey (well-dressing). Sunday: Headed north to Wynford Eagle, Maiden Newton, Hell Corner (near Melbury Bubb), King's Stag (lunch in the garden of the 'Green Man'), returning via Cerne Abbas for tea and a look at the famous giant. Monday: Headed west to West Bay, Bridport, Whitchurch Canonicorum (lunch), returning to Litton Cheney for tea.

Hardy Monument, near Dorchester, Dorset, May 2007

Above Lower Assendon, near Henley-on-Thames, April 2007

29 April	Guildford Station 186/992496	0900	CTC AGM Ride -- Scenic Surrey. Our visitors were fascinated by the Watts chapel at Compton and appreciated the views from the Hog's Back, the picturesque villages of Puttenham, Seale and Shackleford, the medieval bridges over the Wey at Tilford, Frensham Great Pond, and the leafy lanes connecting all these. Excellent weather again too!
22 April	Pyrford Common or Godalming	0800 - 0900	DA event -- 50 mile reliability ride. An ever-popular ride. The sun shone and the birds sang; there were primroses at the roadside, bluebells in the woods, blossom everywhere and good food, beer and welcome at the King's Head, Holmbury St Mary. Around 50 people enjoyed a perfect spring day out on their bikes.
15 April	Frimley Green	0900	Next Door the George, Odiham. Sat outside in the sunshine.	Royal Oak, Lasham 186/676426. Sat outside in the garden -- in the shade!	Used the Basingstoke Canal towpath to pass through Fleet, as a link in a traffic-free route from Winchfield to Odiham, and to visit the ruins of Odiham Castle.
8 April Easter	Normandy Crossroads	0900	Caffè Nero, Godalming	Barley Mow, Tilford	Impromptu ride to do some research for the AGM ride on 29 April, look at some medieval bridges over the River Wey etc.
1 April	Chobham	0900	Birds Hill Golf Course, Hawthorn Hill (a bit smoky, roll on July 1st!)	Anchor Inn, Henley-on-Thames; friendly, relaxed, Brakspears	Why are there so few cafés this side of Henley? We were gasping by the time we got back to Hamiltons, Sunningdale.
Sat 24 Mar	Medstead Village Hall	1000	Phil Hampton Memorial Ride -- North Hampshire DA		30 or 50 scenic miles. A dry day, but with a cold, strong breeze against us during the return leg.
18 March	Ash Station	0915	Frensham Garden Centre	The Queens, Selborne 186/742336. Friendly as ever. Good sandwiches and beer.	Today we had what my Dad used to call a 'lazy' wind. It can't be bothered to go round you -- it just goes straight through!
11 March	Normandy Crossroads	0915	Secretts Garden Centre, Milford	Half Moon, Northchapel 186/951294	A perfect spring day! We sat outside in the sun at coffee, lunch, and tea at Hector's at Farncombe Boat House.
4 March	4 Quarry Hill, Godalming 186/958435	1030	DA event: 'Bicycle Icycle' (Formerly the 'Surrey Hills Saunter')		70 scenic kms. No ice, just rain! But so what? The physio has said that cycling should not be doing my elbow any harm.
18 Feb	Chobham	0930	L'Aroma at Wyevale Garden Centre, A30, Windlesham, instead of Hawthorn Hill	Henley-on-Thames not reached.	Morning only ride because of my 'tennis elbow'.
11 Feb	Mytchett Crossroads	0930	Odiham not reached.	Lasham not reached.	Short morning ride because of my 'tennis elbow', which has nothing to do with tennis.
4 February	Pyrford Common	0930	Café Rouge, Dorking	Six Bells, Newdigate (Rusper could not be reached, mainly because of time lost on an icy stretch of road where another cycling group had suffered an accident.) Thanks to Alan Holbrook for leading this ride at short notice because of my 'tennis elbow'.
28 January	Woking	0915	Lucky Duck, Shere	Mucky Duck, Tisman's Common	Ducky ride!
21 January	Chobham	0930	Wren Chocolate Theatre Café, Thames St, Windsor	Jolly Woodman, Littleworth Common 175/935865. Good but slightly pricey.	Gloriously sunny and clear, but cool. On the edge of Burnham Beeches we had to negotiate a couple of trees blown down during Thursday's storm. A lot of water about, too.
14 January	Took the 0828 train from Woking to Micheldever to explore some quiet lanes out west. Over the downs to Whitchurch and St. Mary Bourne (interesting church) then up the lovely Bourne Valley. Magnificent views from The Ridgeway between Walbury Hill (297m) and Combe Gibbet. Elevenses at the CTC-recommended Tutti Pole Café in Hungerford. Lanes beside the Kennet & Avon Canal took us to Great Bedwyn with its unusual stonemasonry display and museum. The Swan at Wilton provided good beer and a good, light lunch. There were extensive views from Chute Causeway, an old Roman road, then, south of Andover, beautiful black and white, thatched cottages in Upper Clatford and Wherwell. As the sun set we regained Micheldever for our train home.
7 January	Frimley Green	0930	Coach House Garden Centre, Phoenix Green 186/753553	New Inn, Stratfield Saye 175/682617	Much less than rain than forecast. Sunny briefly.
Mon 1 Jan			Manor Farm Craft Centre, Seale 186/896479		New Year's Day get-together

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