Saturday was a beautiful day for cycling and we arrived at Beddington Park delighted to find a newcomer, Robin, waiting to join us. Between us we were recovering from a hand injury, pnuemonia and heart problems so we had planned something fairly easy and Robin, who used to ride with Addiscombe but had not been on a bike since Covid Lockdown, was happy to go along with that, so Elmers End it was. Anna, the one fit one among us, approves of the coffee at Branching Out, the excellent cafe on Eden Park Avenue, so it suited us all.
I had hoped tht Croydon would be deserted for the Cup Final, but Beddington Park was crowded and the access roads jammed with too many cars for the space available. Why don't people walk to the park anymore? Although there was plenty of football noise coming from Boxpark as we passed, the streets were quite busy with traffic. But apart from a couple of places where we have to cross busy roads it's a route through parks and cycleways and quiet sideroads with a few cobbles thrown in, and only a few hundred yards of main road; we had no incidents and a splendid cup of coffee in perfect conditions; al fresco under a tree for shade from a strong sun but with a gently cooling breeze.
So we all had a pleasant day out and some of us were more tired than we thought we would be after a modest (and not totally flat) 27 Km.
We hope Robin comes again; it was good to have him along.
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