Glastonbury comes to Wallington; Beddington Beginners on 20 June

What with the high pressure moving in but not yet taking hold , it was a fine day for cycling on Saturday, but the gathering at Beddington Park was a little sparse.  Maggie is injured and has been expressly forbidden to ride a bike for four weeks but she walked to the Pavilion Cafe.  We knew that Anna and Roger were elsewhere and then Sharon understandably prefeered a slightly more challenging ride than we traditionally offer from BP.  

The thought had crossed out minds that nobody might come and Maggie and i could slink off to the Wallington Music Festival but in the morning Paul B told us he wanted to come and Ken was there, so I had a cosy group of three to lead out, aiming for Elmers End.

It was a good job I did go that way, too, because I discovered that the works on the Mitcham Road pedestrain underpass had further restricted passage.  We ended up having to go either up the busy one-way section around the back of the London Road shopping precinct or having to travel the quieter one way streets behind the parish church but in the wrong direction.  We opted for the latter, dismounting and pushing.  But it is less than a month now to the Greenwich Ride and the extent of these works means we will need to formulate an alternative plan for getting through Croydon to Greenwich.

After the roadworks our ride was a pleasant one even if the traffic was busier than of late and, at the northeastern end of our journey, a little ill-mannered.  We survived a car and a bike jumping the red lights and my right knee did not quite get grazed by a man in a hurry to get to the next lights two seconds earlier.

Equilibrium is to be found at Branching Out.  Last time it was the best cheese scone in the world, this time it was the bestest.

Home via a rapidly warming world through the posh bits of Shirley and then on to the Wallington Music where I arrived at the same time as Sharon, who had been on the Nonsuch ride.

Three people who have never been to Glastonbury

ELTEL, who have played Glastonbury three times.

Thanks, Paul and Ken, for you company.  I hope we all survive the heatwave.