Not for the first time this month some of us had an evening engagement, so we offered a shorter ride alternative, to Ashtead. Roger and Anna took up our offer and the four of us enjoyed a short breakaway ride on a dry but cold Saturday afternoon.
Across the muddy pot-holed The Avenue in Nonsuch Park, up the pothole-strewn cycle track of Woodcote Green Road behind Epsom Hospital and along Rookery Hill, whose broken, uneven concrete would not be out of place in the remote regions of Nepal, and which ends with a truly spectacular pothole by the gates on to Dene Road.
Coffee at Handley's Cafe and a trip back through Ashtead and Epsom Commons, stopping only to take a picture of the Edward VIII postbox on Overdale.
A pleasant, if shortish ride. Thanks for the company.