SUNDAY CR 1st MAY

[Jon C C on a Bianchi]

Hi All

Thought you might like a shortish ride (40 miles) SUNDAY morning to clear the head after all the wedding celebrating we've been doing this weekend!!

heading out to Kent - probably Edenbridge as it's a nice ride down - coffee stop somewhere and back to Nonna's 12.30-1.00. 16/17 group speed. Waiting to regroup after climbs.

Leave Coulsdon South at 9.30.

see you there

Jon

[Antloony]

As long as its not the Priory. That place is crap. Take waaay too long to serve and the service is sh1t. Be better off employing a bunch of chimps than the idiots they have there now.

[Amy]

You never know, Jon, your cafe in Edenbridge might be open this time! Otherwise you've got my map with the cafes marked on - Occasionally Yours outside Lingfield still appears to be open every time I go past it! Or you could canvas the Redhill Airport caff as suggested by Lucy (sorry, Lady Lucy)(mind you I'm a princess so I'm above you in the food - I mean, social - chain )

Unfortunately not many cafes can deal with 20 riders let alone nearly a hundred unless they have a good system in place

Perhaps we need to start compiling our own list of cafes and rate them as to whether they can cope with around a hundred cyclists

[Jon C C on a Bianchi]

On second thoughts I might ride up to Leith Hill. Do you know of any good cafes around there open on a Sunday morning?

[Jon C C on a Bianchi]

[quote="Antloony"]As long as its not the Priory. That place is crap. Take waaay too long to serve and the service is sh1t. Be better off employing a bunch of chimps than the idiots they have there now.

[Jon C C on a Bianchi]

[quote="Amy"]You never know, Jon, your cafe in Edenbridge might be open this time! Otherwise you've got my map with the cafes marked on - Occasionally Yours outside Lingfield still appears to be open every time I go past it! Or you could canvas the Redhill Airport caff as suggested by Lucy (sorry, Lady Lucy)(mind you I'm a princess so I'm above you in the food - I mean, social - chain )

Unfortunately not many cafes can deal with 20 riders let alone nearly a hundred unless they have a good system in place

Perhaps we need to start compiling our own list of cafes and rate them as to whether they can cope with around a hundred cyclists

[Antloony]

Jon, our group didn't even stop, we saw a queue of 20 plus people we knew we'd be in for a very long wait if previous experiences are anything to go by. Last time we were there a woman in front of me complained about the slow service.

[Phil H]

To be fair to Ant, Mc D's can serve that many people far more quickly - and they have burgers and are cheaper.

But then making actual tea and coffee for that many people would take longer.

[Antloony]

Just do what we did today, tick over the miles and just head back to Nonna's.

[Jon C C on a Bianchi]

The conquerors of Anstiebury Hill pose for the cameras (well my camera)...Dave, Marcus, Robyn, Peter, Phil, Sam and Ant. (Del had to bail out earlier and head for a family BBQ)

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Sam won the KoM after an epic battle with Ant...

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Robyn and Peter relaxing at the Tanhouse Tea Rooms...

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Peter (love the jaunty angle of those glasses) and Dave...

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Marcus (with mouth full of sausage roll) and Sam...

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From L to R: Marcus, Sam, Dave, me, Ant, Robyn and Peter

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Thanks everyone - really enjoyed the ride - beautiful sunshine (very windy - and I'm talking weather here) and great company

[Jon C C on a Bianchi]

BTW

Anstiebury Hill

1.7kms long, ave 6.6%, MAX 14%+


My ride today 50 miles @ 17 MPH ave (thanks, Ant, for towing us into that headwind )

[Antloony]

Sure is a tasty little climb that, a new one for me

Brilliant outing. Very scenic route and great weather.........and what wind

One of the best cafe stops ever, fun and laughter all around. Thanks guys and gal for that, loved every minute.

[Marcus]

Cracking ride today. Great route and lovely tea stop.
Thanks to Ant for towing us all back at a fast pace into a ferocious head wind. Also thanks to everyone for waiting at the tops of the hills.

Legs feel great and can't wait to do it again.

[Sylv]

That Tanhouse place is real nice, we stopped there on the training group - I've ridden past it dozens of times but never knew it was there!