Ride to Bockett's Farm on Saturday 30th August

  There were 7 riders at the start of this ride, which was a change from the scheduled one to Merton Abbey Mills. It turned out that Sue thought she was on the short ride to Long Ditton and wondered why we were going via Ashstead Common!
 I suggested we tried riding as a closed up group to minimise wind resistance which was a new experience for most as more concentration is needed than a looser formation. Anyway, I now realise that for this to have  much purpose there has to be wind and you have to be going a lot faster than 10 mph, but we kept it going up the cycle tracks alongside Horton Country Park until we got to Ashstead Common.
  We crossed the Mole at River Lane and went up to Bockett's' via Fetcham, meeting two other riders who had started later  and gone a different route through Leatherhead. Bockett's was strangely quiet, but after a short break we returned via the new cycle track alongside the A24 to Ashstead where we took the back routes to Nescot and Cheam Road.
 The new cycle track by the A24 is worth using instead of diverting to the footbridge over the M25, though rather less scenic.
 The weather became cloudy and rather gloomy as we finished, some going to the Barbecue at Pat and Mary Ryan's house. The distance was 22 miles. A route map is provided by Gill.