Joining instructions for the Greenwich ride

 For tomorrow's ride to Greenwich, please bring the usual; working bike, working lights, spare inner tube, hand cleansing gel and a face covering in case you need it in a cafe, pub, shop or windmill.

For those with Strava the route can be found at  

 https://strava.app.link/yeyOoML4F9

There are fourteen riders who wish to meet at North Cheam.  The departure time from there is 0845, when you will be led in groups of six to the Pavilion Cafe at Beddington Park.

Paul and Maggie James will be at Beddington Park from before 0930 to try to ensure the smooth departure of the various groups.  Maggie will want to take your phone number for safety reasons and for Covid 19 contact; we will not keep these numbers beyond fifteen days.  

Please also exchange mobile numbers with your group leader before you depart.

Departures from the Pavilion Cafe will be as follows;

Group One departing 0930

Tony Hooker, leader

Karen Kemp                      

Roger Parsley

Anna Parsley                     

Ken Jones                          

David Colgan                     

 

Group Two departing 0945

 

Helen Tovey, leader     

Maureen Gallichan         

Ed Sharpe                           

Lilian Chelli                         

Gillian Calder                     

Karen Cochrane                               

 

Group Three departing 1000

 

Tim Court, leader           

John Bellamy                    

Bernard

Sabina Winkler                 

Diane Porter                     

Steph Wyatt                      

 

Group Four departing 1015

 

Simon Lambourn, leader

Julie Buckman                  

Madeleine Shearer

Maggie Gibson

Brenda Breen  

Godfrey Potter                

 

Group Five departing 1030

 

Paul James, leader         

Maggie James                  

Sue Bellamy                      

Debbie Sands

Inder Dhingra                    

Please take advantage of the toilet facility at the Pavilion Cafe before you depart.

The next stop will be for morning coffee at Kent House Station after approx 10 miles.  There is a toilet there.

Lunch will be at the Hare and Billet on Blackheath; tables are booked for 12.15, 12.30, 12.45, and 1pm under the name Paul James but depending on timing of arrivals there may not be room for everyone who wants inside; the pub serves its menu and drinks as takeaway and there are not many nicer places to eat outdoors in London than near the Hare and Billet!  There is a toilet there.

We will then cycle the short distance across the Heath to the view point at Greenwich.

From there, when we are ready, we will descend the hill to ponder a while the grisly end of St Elphege, pass the Cutty Sark and cycle along the bank of the river upstream for a short distance, where there will be a chance of a sit-down, a look at the river, a coffee if time permits and a toilet (in Costa Coffee; there is no toilet in the Waitrose)

Then we turn for a scenic route home, stopping if there is time and opportunity to see The Den, the old Surrey Canal, a hidden windmill (where tea and cake and a toilet will be available) Brixton Prison, passing another coffee and toilet opportunity near Tooting Common, a petrified tree (why is it so afraid, boom, boom!) and making our way to Earlsfield where there is a final opportunity for coffee and a toilet before we take the Wandle Trail to Morden Hall Park, where the ride ends.

For those who don't know where they are at that point, my group will be the last to get back and we will ensure you are taken back either to Beddington or to Cheam.