Us at he cafe at the Reptile Zoo. I waited so long for my coffee i started drinking the tom sauce.
Anyway, Great ride, Andrew, thanks fro leading it and thanks everyone for an agreeable morning ride in the mists of rural England.
Nine of us - Andrew, me, Sam, Le Nick (not in photo as had to cut his ride short), Nick, Tom, Dan, Steve, and Richard - ventured forth from Coulsdon South. Can't tell you the route but went out over Ridge Way, Clarks Lane towards Knockholt, Brasted and back along Pilgrims way.
Lots of climbing (one short bit was 25%!
) which culminated in a recce of White Lane (not that hard as long as you ride up it very, very slowly). my favourite bits (apart from all the climbs, which I loved) were the 'slightly un-made road' Andrew took as along (in reality a severely pot-holed mud track which gave us all a laugh) and tha bacon sandwich at the cafe - very tasty and only £1.50! 80kms door to door. Low average speed 22.5 kms but Bleeding Knackered nonetheless!!!
Cheers!!
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, it's a hard packed dirt road with a bit of a stone skim to it. There are plenty of holes on it but you can ride a clean line through it, not that clean today though as the rain during the week made it a bit softer under tyre than it sometimes is. It's a nice cut through though and only about half a mile to a mile before turning to tarmac. These sort of things are often worth a little scoot down to see where they go, a road bike can easily handle the surface without batting an eye, as they often lead to a nice lane or cut through.