All the major parties in the General Election had promised us good weather for Saturday, but they failed to deliver. It never quite rained but it was cold and grey and quite windy.
Yet a decent number turned up at Nonsuch Park and amongst them (and very welcome!) was Sue, the new club chair.
We rode as scheduled, well, nearly so. The short ride was very short, but a part of Diane's task to get all the standard Saturday rides on GPX so that the routes can be followed by leaders using digital equipment.
We had fifteen for the longer ride, which was down on the schedule as Cobham, but the draw of Cafe Berbera in nearby Stoke d'Abernon was too strong and we adjusted the apogee of our ride to satisfy our need for a quieter, classier, coffee and cake.
The speedos set out first; Steve W, Sue F, Karl, Peter, Paul and Justine, led by Nigel.
Our group consisted of Tony, Maggie, Ken, Anna, Roger, Paul B, Sue B and myself, ostensibly in the lead but I asked Tony to take us through one of his quieter routes at the start and he led us along Mill Lane in Ewell, through a lot of quiet paths and roads and to successfully delay the necessity of Rushett and Fairoak Lanes. There was some skittish driving about.
At Cafe Berbera we caught up with the others and after a (very) leisurely coffee the sedate group left first, to be overtaken, of course, by the others on Woodlands Lane on our way back past Leatherhead Station and over Ashtead and Epsom Commons.
Even if the weather was chilly, the company was warm. Thanks, everybody.
Speedos sounds like a poor choice of clothing for a cold windy day!
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