by Karen C
After giving myself a good talking-to, I
ventured out on my first group ride in months.
Partly suffering from “lockdownitis” (is it in the dictionary yet?!),
and my other, albeit lame, excuse - it was a bit parky outside.
So with a few extra layers on, I joined the
short ride led by Lynda, to the “Eight on the River” cafe at Molesey Boat
Club. The route took us through Surbiton
and Thames Ditton, where three of our group decided that was far enough. Myself, Sharon, Sabina and Bernard continued
on towards Molesey via Hampton Court, guaranteed that Lynda’s selected venue
would serve quality coffee.
Once we'd secured said coffee we paused to gaze
lovingly (or longingly?) at the cordoned-off seating area overlooking the
river. We ducked and dodged the rowing
eights coming off the river, stacking their shells with military precision,
before making our way to a socially-distanced spot at the adjacent park.
One moment we were standing chatting in a
non-huddle type of way (and I was saying something really interesting as usual)
when several of our party, with gay abandon, raced towards an unoccupied
park bench.
Overwhelmingly satiated, we set off again
towards Kingston via Bushy Park. After
farewells to Sabina and Bernard, we headed towards Cheam Park via the back
streets of North Cheam and Fairlands Park, which made a welcome change from the
usual Stoneleigh route. Well done Lynda!
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