Sunday 21 February 2010
Sunday Ride 21 February 2010 Croydon Titsey
Trevor Hughes rode from Cheam Station south side to meet Ev Quistorff who was leading the ride from the Swan & Sugar Loaf in South Croydon. The rain was heavy and the forecast bad so all you other keen cyclist were presumably tucked up in their warm beds. No matter, the two set off for a shorter ride to Titsey passed Addington Golf Course to one the highest points on the North Downs at nearly 900 feet in the fog and mist at Titsey. Then a fast ride back along the B269 through Warlingham to Purley. Trevor returned to Epsom some 27 miles ride from South Croydon at an average speed of 14.55 mph. There was heavy rain, lots of flooded roads and numerous potholes on the ride but, as Ev said, it was character building.
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Well done!
ReplyDeletei meanwhile was at the manoir aux quatre saisons for my daughter's 21st lunch - on the way pitying the surprisingly large number of cyclists out training thin the sleet and rain
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The Met Office at 06:30: dry morning with rain arriving around miday. Well, the rain was already heavy, beating down on my skylight, when I read this. Come 09:00 I decided to have another look at what the Met Office super-computer had come up with: still dry to miday!
ReplyDeleteso, as it was my ride, I set of the the Swan and Sugar Loaf and waited, in the rain that was not due until miday. Finally the gallant Trevor rode up and off we went.
As well as not forecasting the morning rain, the wonderful Met Office also did not forecast the thick fog that greeted us at the top of Beddlestead Farm Lane. So it was back through Warlingham to Purley.