There are references below to Charles Harper. West Surrey DA library
contains a book, now lacking its cover: "Motor Runs Round London"
-- A series of half-day, day and week-end trips. -- Selected, described
& illustrated by Charles G Harper -- "Volume II. South of the
Thames". An internet search discovered that "Volume I. North
of the Thames" was published in 1921, so my guess is that Vol. II was published
a year or so later (CGH was a prolific writer and journalist). (According
to http://www.antiqbook.nl/boox/bkb/13009.shtml, pub. ca 1920.) In
other words, the DA purchased this useful guide book to inform its earliest
rides.
| 1 Oct 06 | 2nd day of Peak District Weekend. Left Bakewell via Monsal Trail (disused railway). Sign at Great Longstone Station said end of route for cyclists, but 1:25000 map showed cycle route continuing all the way to the tunnel entrance, where the second transverse footpath crossed the line. Quality of trackbed deteriorated where first footpath crossed, and sign said closed tunnel ahead. Route actually blocked by locked gate across overbridge aperture some 200m short of the tunnel entrance, in cutting, so could not reach second footpath. Retraced to first footpath, decided not to use it, so retraced to Great Longstone Station, whence by road to Monsal Head. Then via Upperdale to Cressbrook, Litton (C in the old forge, now Post Office, general store and café), Tideswell (visited the parish church, 'The Cathedral of the Peak'), Little Hucklow, Castleton road, then at bottom of steep hill took acute right turn into lane past cement works to Hope (L in Woodbine Café). Main road to Castleton; walked a short distance up Cave Dale. Cycled up the Winnats Pass (1km of 20%). Rode down the old main road to just past the Blue John Mine entrance, to look at how the 'Shivering Mountain', Mam Tor, had destroyed the next section of road by landslip. Retraced to junction and took the Chapel-en-le-Frith road for a short distance, before turning right to climb over the W shoulder of Mam Tor and then descend into Edale. From the top saw large black cloud approaching from the SW. Whizzed down Edale and made it back to the Woodbine Café with only light rain. Ordered teas, treacle tart, Yorkshire curd cake, etc. Before it arrived the cloudburst started! Left after second cloudburst, and a few miles later, just after Bradwell, took waterproofs off for the climb up the B road. Thence via Wardlow back to Monsal Head, continuing the long freewheel straight through to Ashford, then a mile or so of A6 back to Bakewell. With Anne & Derek T and Dave W. 43 miles. |
| 8 Oct 06 | Dep. WPO with Barbara C, David & Libby J and visitors Catherine (S. African) and Daniel (German). Hook Heath, footpath to Mayford Village Hall on Saunders Lane, Smarts Heath, past the 'Jolly Farmer', Jacob's Well, Salt Box Road, Cumberland Avenue, Keens Lane, footpath and back roads to cross Aldershot Road into Park Barn Estate, past the hospital to the Cathedral roundabout, Onslow Village, coming out at top of Farnham Road, Compton (C @ Watts Gallery). Barbara, David & Libby visited the gallery and chapel, while Catherine, Daniel and I retraced to Farnham Road, descended it to Guildford centre, thence to the Spectrum leisure centre to spend too much at the one-day cycle sale. They returned to Woking while I had lunch, then cycled to Merrow, Newlands Corner, Shere, Little London (pint at 'William IV'), Farley Heath, Stroud Common, Run Common, Downs Link all the way to Peasmarsh Junction via the new bridge over the Wey, footpath beside railway to Broadford, Artington, Guildford, Jacob's Well, Smarts Heath, Saunders Lane, Hook Heath, home. 41 miles (N.B. CRJ miles - home to home - throughout this file). |
| 15 Oct 06 | Dep. Frimley Green with Peter H, Bob & Pauline M (tandem), David N, Norris R, Anne & Derek T and Sue T. Rode across The Hatches, through Queen Elizabeth Park, Southwood, old road to Bramshot, Fleet Pond, Elvetham Road, Crookham Village, Dogmersfield, Winchfield Station, Phoenix Green (C @ The Coach House Garden Centre). Bob & Pauline returned while the rest rode through West Green, Mattingley, Stratfield Saye, 'The Devil's Highway', Mortimer (pub closed!), Mortimer West End (L @ Ye Old Turner's Arms - Brakspear - good beer, menu and food but a long wait for the latter); Cliff B joined us here. Round the walls of Silchester, Holly Cross, Sherfield on Loddon, Hartley Wespall, Rotherwick, Mattingley, Phoenix Green, Winchfield, Elvetham Park FP, Cliff left us to go straight home, Fleet (15:50: Café Fratelli closed - at 15:30 - so went to Costa Coffee). Pyestock, cycleways through Farnborough, Mytchett, Pirbright, home. Grey till elevenses, then beautifully warm and sunny for the rest of the day - a bonus day! |
| 22 Oct 06 | Started with Woking Intermediates from WPO, Brookwood, Stanley Hill, Tunnel Hill, Mytchett, Ash Vale, Tongham, Runfold, round Crooksbury Hill to B3000, everyone else looped back via Charles Hill to Seale for C, while I, staying out for the day, went on to Frensham Gdn Cen for C. Frensham Gt. Pond, Sleaford, Kingsley, Oakhanger, up our former hill-climb hill to Hartley Mauditt, W Worldham, Upper Farringdon. L @ the Rose & Crown, nice pub, good beer, food expensive and what I chose was poor. Selborne, Oakhanger, Binsted, Isington, Bentley, Crondall, Crookham XR, Farnborough, Tunnel Hill, home. Rained most of the day. |
| 29 Oct 06 | WPO, White Rose Lane, Send, Burnt Common, Sussex Fm, E Clandon, Shere (C @ the Lucky Duck), much sand washed over Jesse's Lane, Peaslake, Ewhurst, Walliswood (L @ the Scarlett Arms, nice pub, good beer, meals but no bar food, service v slow), looped via Mole Street to Forest Green, Lowerbreach Fm, Ewhurst Gn, Cranleigh, Downs Link to Peasmarsh, Guildford, Whitmoor Common, Blackhorse Rd, Hook Heath, home by ~4, no tea stop. 48 miles. Anne & Derek T & Sue T out all day. Barbara C & Debbie S, S to C. Cliff B & Alan H from C to Peasmarsh. |
| 5 Nov 06 | WPO, with Woking Intermediates until Carol M, Bob M and I were dropped climbing Clandon Downs, Shere (C @ Lucky Duck, joined by Sunday Riders; Carol returned to Woking), Jesses Lane, Peaslake, Ewhurst, Ellens Green, Rudgwick, The Haven (L @ the Blue Ship with the Sunday Riders), Gibbons Mill & bridleway (muddy), Tisman's Common, Cranleigh, Smithwood Common, Shamley Green, Wonersh, Shalford, Guildford, home. Very pleasant, mild, sunny day. 47 miles. |
| 12 Nov 06 | CWM, Windlesham, South Ascot, Watersplash Lane, through Windsor Great Park via Dukes Lane, Rangers Gate, Windsor (C @ The Wren Chocolate Theatre Café, almost on the bridge, good), Eton, NCN Route 4 to Dorney, Monkey Island and Bray, Berkshire Cycleway Route 52 to Maidenhead Bridge & Boulter's Lock, towpath to Cookham, Winter Hill (lovely view across Marlow to the Chilterns beyond), down the zig-zags to Marlow (L @ The Cedar Coffee House, run by a Lebanese, good food and baklava), back up the zig-zags, Cookham Dean ('The Gardeners', near the church, looks a good place to try next year), Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead Thicket, Woodlands Park, White Waltham, Paley Street, the Drift Road, Blacknest Gate, Sunningdale, Chobham, home. Barbara C out S to C. Louise G, Julian L and Sue T out all day. 63 miles. A bit dull at first then it brightened and warmed up. Clouded over in the afternoon and a little drizzle, then the sun came out again in time to set. |
| 19 Nov 06 | Informal. WPO, Pyrford Common, Pyrford Lock, Wisley, Martyr's Green, Effingham, Great Bookham, C @ Bocketts Farm, Mickleham, Box Hill, Pebble Coombe, Brockham (L @ The Dolphin), Betchworth, Pixham, the stepping stones, West Humble, Great Bookham, Effingham, Ockham, Ripley, home. Richard E & Bob M out all day, Ian J & Debbie S returned after coffee. Cool start, lovely sunny day. ~45 miles. |
| 26 Nov 06 | A wet morning - heavy showers. Left Woking PO after 9:25 because waiting to see if anyone else would turn up, so arrived late at Central Library, Guildford (10:00 instead of 9:45) - no-one there. Shalford, Wonersh, Smithwood Common, Cranleigh (C @ swimming pool). Claire H returned to Woking; Sue T & I continued. Tisman's Common, Loxwood, passed Onslow Arms @ 12:20 & decided to stop - going on to the advertised Balls Cross would make the run too long, given the conditions. Good selection of food and beers, and my sort of pub - must go there again. Ifold, Plaistow, Vann Lane, Hambleden, Godalming (T @ Hector's), Guildford, home. 50 miles. Very mild, grey and blustery, showers about but apart from one or two slight dampenings we managed to avoid them. The sun broke through occasionally. |
| 10 Dec 06 | Frosty start. Frimley Green, The Hatches, Cove, Pyestock, Velmead Road, Courtmoor Road, Crookham Village, Dogmersfield (stopped to look at Pilcot Mill, as drawn by Charles Harper), Rye Common, Hillside, Odiham (looked at The George (panelled dining room) and then C @ Next Door the George), Ford Farm, South Warnborough, Upper Froyle, Binsted (L @ The Cedars), Bucks Horn Oak, Dockenfield, Millbridge, Tilford, The Sands, Tongham, Ash Green, home. Damp grey afternoon. With Sue T. 56 miles. |
| 17 Dec 06 | Dep. Woking PO with Bob M and Dane M. Via Sutton Green & Jacob's Well to Guildford Library where Peter H joined us. Via Shalford, Bramley, Thorncombe Street to Bricks at Smithbrook Kilns, where we joined the Guildford & Godalming Wayfarers and a couple of Sunday Riders for coffee. All together to Cranleigh, Smithwood Common, Winterfold, Farley Green, Albury & Chilworth to Blackheath for Christmas lunch at The Villagers. Home via Wonersh, Shalford, Guildford. A cool but sunny day, very pleasant. 40 miles. |
| 7 Jan 07 | Frimley Green, Coleford Bridge, S. Farnborough, Laffans Plain, Crookham Crossroads, Crookham Village, Dogmersfield (formerly Pilcot - identified the cottage in the Charles Harper drawing as Pilcot House), Winchfield Hurst, Phoenix Green (C @ Coach House Garden Centre), West End Green, Mattingley, Chandlers Green, Stratfield Saye (L @ the New Inn), Chandlers Green, Mattingley Church, Hazeley Bottom, West Green, Hartley Wintney, Winchfield Hurst, Fleet, Southwood, Farnborough, Tunnel Hill, Pirbright, home. David N & Sue T out all day. Mainly dull, occasional light rain, occasional sun. 58 miles. |
| 14 Jan 07 | Run advertised on web page (but not on paper Rides List): 0828 train from Woking arr. Micheldever 0858, with Peter H. Whitchurch, Dirty Corner, Jamaica Farm, St. Mary Bourne (visited St. Peter's Church: 'Vinegar' Bible, Tournai 'marble' font, wall paintings, crusader tomb, lectern with hand-wrought chains), the lovely Bourne valley to Hurstbourne Tarrant, the almost deserted lane to Combe, excellent views from road summit between Walbury Hill (297m) and Combe Gibbet, Lower Green, Hungerford (C @ Tutti Pole Café), minor road S of Kennet & Avon canal to Little Bedwyn, Great Bedwyn (stonemasonry museum), Wilton (L @ The Swan, good beer & food), Marten, Chute Causeway (more extensive views), Lower Chute, Clanville, Weyhill, Abbotts Ann, Anna Valley, Upper Clatford (lovely cottages, thatch, black & white), Goodworth Clatford, Wherwell, Newton Stacey, Barton Stacey, Bullington, Norton, Wonston, Hunton, Hunton Grange, Micheldever Station (1631 train back to Woking). Cold, crisp, sunny morning, fresh SW wind, slowly warming up with gradually increasing cloud, light shower at lunchtime, then gradually changed back to sunny by sunset. An excellent day out on unfamiliar roads. 64 miles. |
| 21 Jan 07 | Chobham, Sparrow Row, Sunningdale, Windsor Great Park (Blacknest Gate, Smith's Lawn, King George on his horse, Ranger's Gate) Windsor (C @ Wren Chocolate Theatre Café), NCN Route 4 (plus a muddy deviation) from Eton to Dorney, Huntercombe Lane, Burnham, Burnham Beeches, had to negotiate a couple of trees blown down during Thursday's storm, Littleworth Common (L @ the Jolly Woodman), N, Green Common Lane a running stream, Wooburn Common, Littleworth Common, Dorney Wood, Burnham, Dorney, Eton Wick, Eton, Windsor, Old Windsor, Crimp Hill, Savill Garden (T), Smith's Lawn, Blacknest Gate, Sunningdale, Chobham, Gracious Pond, Philpot Lane, Horsell, home. Gloriously sunny and clear; cool. David N & Sue T out all day. 60 miles. |
| 28 Jan 07 | Informal ride with Sue T starting Woking PO 9:15. 'Ducky' ride! Send, Holride Farm - Jury Farm bridleway, W. Horsley, Shere (C @ the Lucky Duck!), Ewhurst, Ellens Green, Tisman's Common (L @ the Mucky Duck!), Wisborough Green, Kirdford, Hascombe, Bramley, Guildford, home. 56 miles. |
| 04 Feb 07 | Pyrford Common, Ripley, Guileshill Lane icy - another club had suffered an accident with one member having a nasty injury below (and to?) his eye. Martyr's Green, Effingham. Here I turned for home because of tendinitis in left elbow, Alan H taking over. C @ Café Rouge, Dorking. Because of the morning's delays, Rusper was not reached. L @ Six Bells, Newdigate. Others present: Richard E, Sue T, David N, John R, Angela B and David W (on MTBs, from Farnham group). |
| 11 Feb 07 | Despite worse left arm tendinitis, cycled to Mytchett crossroads where I met Sue T, who had a cold. Cycled together to Pirbright then both went home. 18 miles. |
| 18 Feb 07 | My arm was no better, so we decided at the Chobham start to abandon coffee at Hawthorn Hill and lunch at Henley-on-Thames. Local lanes instead: Castle Grove, Lovelands Lane, Pennypot Lane, West End, Burnt Pollard Lane, Windlesham, Westwood Road, A30, C @ L'Aroma at Wyevale Garden Centre, Snow's Ride, Windlesham, Rye Grove, Hookstone Lane, Halebourne Lane, Valley End Road, B386 across Chobham Common, Staple Hill (viewpoint), Chobham and home again. 25 miles. |
| 25 Feb 07 | I cycled directly to the Coach House Garden Centre at Phoenix Green to meet the Sunday Riders for coffee, and then straight home again. 39 miles. |
| 04 Mar 07 | Bicycle Icycle. No ice, just a horrible wet day! Roads awash and covered in mud and debris. Refuelled on soup and bread at the Abinger Hatch. Amazingly, did not puncture. 47 miles. |
| 11 Mar 07 | Normandy crossroads, Puttenham, Seale, Littleworth Cross, Gatwick, B3001, Milford (C @ Secretts Garden Centre), Hambledon, Witley Station, Killinghurst, Gospel Green, stopped to look at Snowdrop Wood but only one or two were out. Next week maybe ... Lurgashall, Hillgrove, Northchapel (L @ the Half Moon). Highnoons Farm, Kirdford, Plaistow, Dunsfold (Festival RC road race taking place), Hydestile, Busbridge, Godalming (T @ Hector's, Farncombe Boat House), Guildford, home. With David N, Rich P, John R, Sue T. A perfect spring day. We sat outside in the sun at C, L and T. 67 miles. |
| 18 Mar 07 | Ash Station, Ash Green, Tongham, Sandy Cross, Blighton Lane, The Sands, Waverley Abbey, B3001 towards Farnham then first L to cut across to the Tilford Road, C @ Frensham Garden Centre. David N returned home for lunch. Millbridge, Frensham Great Pond, past Headley Court ('Sodyba' - means 'homestead' in Lithuanian), Sleaford, Kingsley, Oakhanger, Selborne (L @ the Queens, friendly as ever, and serving sandwiches as well as the Mothers Day 3-course set lunch). Temple Manor, Blackmoor, Whitehill, Standford, Headley, Arford, Mellow Farm, Dockenfield, Frensham (stopped to look at the church, particularly Mother Ludlum's cauldron), Tilford, Sandy Cross, Seale (T @ the craft centre), Tongham, Ash, home. Some sunshine, but a 'lazy' wind. With Sue T. 62 miles. |
| 24 Mar 07
(Sat) |
The Phil Hampton Memorial Rides (30 & 50 miles) organised by Caroline Brodie on behalf of North Hampshire DA CTC. Some W Surrey DA members (inc. me) did the 50, others did the 30. A cold, brisk north wind made the first half easy and the second half hard. 53 miles. |
| 01 Apr 07 | Chobham, Sunningdale, Larch Avenue, Woodside, Hawthorn Hill (C @ Birds Hill Golf Club), Waltham St Lawrence, Hare Hatch, skirted Wargrave, Crazies Hill, Aston, Remenham, Henley (L @ Anchor Inn, quiet, comfortable, friendly, Brakspears beer, slightly pricey), Lower Assendon, Fawley, Gussetts Wood, Hambleden & Mill, Aston, Warren Row, White Waltham, Paley Street, Drift Road, Blacknest, Coworth Park, Sunningdale (T@ Hamiltons), Chobham, home. Sunny, but cool northerly breeze. With John R & Sue T. 68 miles. |
| 08 Apr 07 | Impromptu ride listed on website (but not on paper Rides List) to do some research for the CTC AGM ride on the 29th. Normandy, Puttenham, NCN 22, Compton, photographed White Hart Cottage (a former inn on the Pilgrim's Way, according to Charles G. Harper), Hurtmore, a bit of A3, Eashing (looked at & photographed the medieval bridges built by the monks of Waverley Abbey), Milford (Secrett's closed), Godalming (C @ Caffe Nero), past Charterhouse, Hurtmore, past Peper Harrow to Somerset Bridge (another medieval bridge but with19th C brick parapets), Elstead (bridge!), Tilford (two more good bridges) (L in garden of the Barley Mow - nearly £11 for a pint and a ploughman's lunch), cuppa @ the Rural Life Centre (looks a better bet for the lunch stop on the 29th), Tilfordmill Bridge (Sheephatch Lane), Waverley Mill Bridge, The Sands, Seale (T @ the craft centre), Tongham, home. With Dane M, Bob M, Anne & Derek T. Pleasant weather. 48 miles. |
| 15 Apr 07 | Frimley Green, The Hatches, Cove, Marrowbrook Lane, Ively Road, Norris Bridge, towpath through Fleet to start of Crookham Village, Dogmersfield to photograph Pilcot Mill and Pilcot House (CG Harper drawings), Barley Mow crossroads, Sprat's Hatch Farm, towpath to Broad Oak, Odiham (C @ Next Door the George, North Warnborough, Odiham Castle (CGH drwg & historical notes), Weston Patrick, Nashes Green, A339, Lasham (L @ Royal Oak), Golden Pot, Lower Froyle, Well, Dippenhall, Farnham, Shepherd & Flock, bridleway, Runfold, Seale (T @ the craft centre (where we found Harold C celebrating his birthday with cycling friends), Puttenham, home. With Peter H, Dane M, David N. A beautiful, warm, sunny spring day. 62 miles. |
| 22 Apr 07 | DA 50-mile reliability ride -- traditional route from Pyrford Common, Ripley, Shere, Peaslake, Ewhurst, Cranleigh, Alfold Crossways, Dunsfold, Kirdford, Wisborough Green, Bucks Green, Ellens Green, Ewhurst Green, Lower Breach Farm, Holmbury St Mary (L @ King's Head). |
| 29 Apr 07 | CTC AGM ride. Guildford Station, The Mount, Hog's Back, Compton (Watts Chapel), NCN 22, Puttenham, Seale (C @ Craft Centre), The Sands, Tilford, Frensham Great Pond, L @ Rural Life Centre, Tilford, Cutt Mill (saw Farnborough & Camberley CC road race pass), Shackleford, Hurtmore, Compton, Hog's Back, Guildford. |
| 05 May 07
(Sat) |
Dorset Weekend. (Organised by Derek & Anne T.) Litton Cheney YH, Little Bredy, Hardy's Monument, Martinstown, Winterbourne Monkton, A354, Dorchester (C @ Top o' Town Café, Tincleton, Clouds Hill (Lawrence of Arabia's cottage, and memorial stone indicating the site of his fatal motorcycle accident), Wool Bridge, East Burton (L @ Seven Stars, good), Moreton (T.E. Lawrence's grave, and engraved glass windows in church), Woodsford, West Knighton, Broadmayne, A354 (Ridgeway Hill), Upwey (T @ Wishing Well, well dressing and garden), Portesham, Little Bredy, Litton Cheney YH. 12 riders. Sunny. 50 miles. |
| 06 May 07 | Dorset W/E. Litton Cheney YH, Whiteway Hill, Maiden Newton (C @ Chalk & Cheese pub - exc!), Cattistock, Holywell, Hell Corner, Chetnole, Leigh, King's Stag (L @ Green Man), Duntish, Ridge Hill, Cerne Abbas (T @ Abbotts), Sydling St Nicholas, Grimstone, Muckleford, Winterbourne Abbas, A35, Little Bredy, Litton Cheney YH. 11 riders. Wet in cloud at top of first hill, gradually improved, sunny later. 49 miles. |
| 07 May 07
(Mon) |
Dorset W/E. Litton Cheney YH, Burton Bradstock, West Bay (C), skirted Bridport, Higher Eype, A35, Chideock, North Chideock, Ryall, Whitchurch Canonicorum (L), NCN2 N of Bridport to Loders & Shipton Gorge, Litton Cheney (T). 10 riders. Rain at times. 30 miles. |
| 13 May 07 | Woking PO, Sutton Green, Guildford Library, Shalford Park, Chinthurst Lane, Bramley, Thorncombe Street, Scotsland Farm, Smithbrook Kilns (C @ Bricks), returning to Woking via same route. Almost continuous rain, & my tennis elbow a problem. With Sue T and Ron T. 32 miles. |
| 20 May 07 | DA Audax & other rides from Elstead: Stonehenge 200, Danebury 150, Elstead 100, etc. |
| 27 May 07 | A horrible wet day. No-one else at the Frimley Green start. Farnborough, Fleet, Winchfield Hurst, Phoenix Green, Mattingley, Chandlers Green, Heckfield (Little Chef closed - demolished, in fact!), retraced to The Coach House at Phoenix Green via Stratfield Turgis, Mattingley. After coffee, retraced outward route home for lunch. 53 miles. |
| 03 Jun 07 | CTC David Duffield Challenge Ride, 100km. Corsham, Lacock, Bowden Hill, Sandy Lane, Heddington, Cherhill, Beckhampton, West Kennett, East Kennett, Alton Barnes (good refreshments by Chippenham Wheelers), Marden, Urchfont, Potterne, Keevil, Bradford on Avon (tea on Alex Moulton's lawn), Atworth, Corsham. |
| 10 Jun 07 | Dieppe Raid: "Tour des Trois Vallées": 100km route: Dieppe, Varenne valley, Arques la Bataille, Torcy, Bellencombre, Fôret d'Eawy, Pomméréval, Mesnil Follemprise, Val de Ricarville, St Germain d'Étables, St Aubin le Cauf (lunch), St Nicolas d'Alliermont, Envermeu, Bellengreville, Martin-Église, Dieppe. |
| 24 June 07 | Pyrford Common, Ripley, W & E Horsley, Ranmore Common, Dorking (C @ Café Rouge), Newdigate, Capel, Ockley, Holmbury St Mary (L @ Kings Head), Abinger Hammer, Combe Bottom, Ripley, Pyrford Common, home. 46 miles. Wet. With Sue T. |
| 22 July 07 | Chobham, Gracious Pond, Stone Hill, Knowle Hill, Wentworth, Sunningdale, Windsor Great Park, Windsor (C @ Wren Chocolate Theatre Café), NCN 4, NCN 61 beside the Jubilee River to Maidenhead, NCN 50 to Cookham Rise, Cookham Dean (L @ Jolly Farmer, good beer & food), Pinkney's Green, Altmore, NCN 4, Cold Harbour, Shottesbrooke (visited the church - impressive), Drift Road, Cranbourne, Sunninghill, Sunningdale (T @ Hamiltons), Chobham, home. 63 miles. Dry, sunny intervals. With Richard E and Peter H. |
| 05 Aug 07 | Frimley Green, The Hatches, Blackwater Valley Path south to ¼ mile south of the Ash-Aldershot road (A323), Tongham, Sandy Cross, The Sands, Sheephatch Lane, Frensham Garden Centre (C), Frensham Great Pond, Bacon Lane, Headley, Standford, Whitehill, Blackmoor, Empshott, Hawkley (L @ Hawkley Inn, real ales, good food), Goleigh Manor, Selborne, Oakhanger, Kingsley, Sleaford, Frensham Great Pond, Millbridge, Tilford, The Sands, Sandy Cross, Seale (T @ Manor Farm Craft Centre), home. Hot & sunny. With Peter H, John R & Sue T. 67 miles. |
| 12 Aug 07 | Met Harold C & Darren G at Shalford Park. Shalford, Chinthurst Lane, Bramley, Thorncombe Street, Palmers Cross, Smithbrook Kilns (C @ Bricks), Cranleigh, Knowle Lane, Tisman's Common, Drungewick, Wisborough Green, Kirdford (L @ the Foresters Arms, where Dane M joined us), Plaistow, Durfold, Fisher Lane, Highstreet Green, Vann Lane, Hambledon, Busbridge, Godalming, Farncombe (T @ Hector's, at the Boat House), Guildford, Woking. Some rain, but we dodged the worst showers. Foot & Mouth precautions in evidence in places. 57 miles. |
| 26 Aug 07 | Car-assisted from Theale: Sheffield Bottom, Sulhamstead, towpath (NCN 4) to Aldermaston Wharf & Woolhampton (good surface, except stony for last mile), lanes through Brimpton, Crookham to Thatcham (C), NCN4 again - roadside to Ham Bridge then mainly towpath right through Newbury to Benham Marsh/Hamstead Mill, lanes to Kintbury (L @ Blue Ball), Wickham (met Richard's relations), Welford, Lambourn Valley, Boxford, Winterbourne, Chievely, Hermitage (T @ Hillier's Garden Centre), Bucklebury ('Time flies' in the church), Bradfield, Theale. With Richard E, Darren G, Louise G, Julian L. Lovely sunny day, pleasantly warm rather than too hot. 49 miles. |
| 02 Sep 07 | Ash Station, Ash Green, Poyle Road, Tongham, Seale, Littleworth Cross, Elstead, Pride of the Valley, Churt Crossways, Whitmoor Vale, Grayshott Pottery (C), Nutcombe, Shottermill, Linchmere, Milland, Iping, Stedham (L @ Hamilton Arms, Thai food, sandwiches), Iping, Hammer Wood, Hammer Stream valley, Milland, Hollycombe, Liphook, Bramshott, Gentles Lane (ie not Passfield), Headley, Arford, Tignals, Frensham Lane, Frensham Great Pond, Millbridge (T @ Frensham Garden Centre), Sheephatch Lane, The Sands, Sandy Cross, Tongham, Ash Green, home. With Angela B, Richard E, Bob M, Carol M, Sue T, Arthur T, Dave W and David W (out all day) and Dane M (joined us at lunch). A pleasant day, sunny at times, cloudy at times. 73 miles. |
| 15 Sep 07 | Peak District Weekend. Hartington, Long Dale, Earl Sterndale, Brierlow Bar, A515 (closed to traffic because of railway bridge strengthening works), Buxton (C), Long Hill, L @ top, Bunsall Incline, Errwood Reservoir, Goyt Valley, Derbyshire Bridge, Cat & Fiddle (L), Axe Edge Moor, Axe Edge, Flash, retrace to A53, Morridge Top, Royal Cottage, Morridge, past Folly (Farm), fork L just before Merryton Low, Warslow, Ecton, Manifold Trail, Wettonmill (T), Manifold Trail, Hulme End, Hartingon. With David & Libia J and Dave W. 42 miles. |
| 16 Sep 07 | Hartington, Biggin, Tissington Trail, Tissington (C @ The Old Coach House), Bradbourne, Brassington (L @ the Miners Arms), Middleton Top, High Peak Trail through to Parsley Hay (T), Tissington Trail back to Hartington Station. With David & Libia J and Dave W. 33 miles. |
| 17 Sep 07 | Hartington, Pilsbury, Crowdicote, Longnor (C), up the B5053 to the top of the hill to get some views, back through Longnor on B5053 then lanes to Brund, Townend (Sheen), B5054 back to Hartington. 14 miles. |
| 30 Sep 07 | Pyrford Common, Ripley, Ockham, Effingham, Great Bookham, West Humble, up the zig then took a footpath springing from the zag, Broadwood's Folly, Box Hill NT café (kiosk), Box Hill village, Pebble Coombe, Betchworth, Dawes Green, Newdigate (L @ Six Bells), Cudworth, Orltons, Lambs Green, Rusper, Capel, Temple Elfande, Capel (T @ the church), Ockley, Holmbury St. Mary, Abinger Hammer, Gomshall, Combe Bottom, Send, home. Angela B, David W and Peter H out to coffee; Darren G out all day. Dry; a cool, dull start - brightened up later. 64 miles. |
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