Annual Lunch: Provisional list for 4th March

If you are coming to the Annual Lunch and Prize Giving please check this list to verify that you are in the list and that I have recorded your orders from the menu correctly.

If you haven't responded to the invitation yet please do so as soon as you can; it's not too late but it soon will be!

Please only notify me if I have omitted your name or made a mistake with your menu choice:

Anne     C Melanzane Ripiene    Pollo Crema & Funghi

Anne[GF] W Insalata di Salmone Pollo Crema & Funghi
Bernard P Cannelloni di Carne Pollo Crema & Funghi
Brenda B Melanzane Ripiene    Fegato alla Veneziana
Brian    G Cocktail di Gamberi Fegato alla Veneziana
Carolyn B Cocktail di Gamberi Pesce del Giorno
Chris H Melanzane Ripiene Pollo Crema & Funghi
Chris    McC Melanzane Ripiene Canelloni di Ricotta
Clive    J Chicken Liver Pâté Fegato alla Veneziana
Colin    Q Cannelloni di Carne Pollo Crema & Funghi
Dave    E Chicken Liver Pâté Pollo Crema & Funghi
Dave    V Cannelloni di Carne Fegato alla Veneziana
Dawn    M Zuppa del Giorno     Cannelloni di Ricotta
Don      E Funghi Ripieni Spaghetti Ragu
Ed    S Cocktail di Gamberi Cannelloni di Ricotta
Frank    C Melanzane Ripiene Fegato alla Veneziana
Geoff    G Chicken Liver Pâté Cannelloni di Ricotta
Gill    F Insalata di Salmone Fegato alla Veneziana
Gill    H Cocktail di Gamberi Penne Giardiniera
Gillian C Insalata di Salmone Pesce del Giorno
Grant    P Cannelloni di Carne Pollo Crema & Funghi
Helen    T Zuppa del Giorno    Cannelloni di Ricotta
Ian     P Cannelloni di Carne Pollo Crema & Funghi
Ian     W Insalata di Salmone Spaghetti Ragu
James    G Chicken Liver Pâté Tacchino alla Milanese
Jane    G Insalata di Salmone Cannelloni di Ricotta
Janice D Melanzane Ripiene    Pollo Crema & Funghi
John    B Funghi Ripieni       Fegato alla Veneziana
John    C Melanzane Ripiene    Tacchino alla Milanese
Julie    B Insalata di Salmone Pesce del Giorno
Lilian C Insalata di Salmone Pesce del Giorno
Maggie J Funghi Ripieni Pollo Crema & Funghi
Martina S Chicken Liver Pâté Cannelloni di Ricotta
Maureen G Chicken Liver Pâté Fegato alla Veneziana
Mick    A Cocktail di Gamberi Cannelloni di Ricotta
Neil    W Insalata di Salmone Pollo Crema & Funghi
Pam     J Zuppa del Giorno    Tacchino alla Milanese
Pat     D Melanzane Ripiene    Pesce del Giorno
Paul    J Cocktail di Gamberi Fegato alla Veneziana
Paula    B Insalata di Salmone Spaghetti Ragu
Peter    B Zuppa del Giorno    Penne Giardiniera
Peter    B Zuppa del Giorno    Pollo Crema & Funghi
Ray     Y Melanzane Ripiene    Cannelloni di Ricotta
Richard B Insalata di Salmone Fegato alla Veneziana
Sandy    B Insalata di Salmone Pesce del Giorno
Simon    L Cannelloni di Carne Spaghetti Ragu
Steph    W Insalata di Salmone Fegato alla Veneziana
Steve    D Cocktail di Gamberi Pesce del Giorno
Sue     B Cannelloni di Carne Pollo Crema & Funghi
Sue     C Insalata di Salmone Fegato alla Veneziana
Sue     F Zuppa del Giorno    Penne Giardiniera
Terry    L Zuppa del Giorno    Tacchino alla Milanese
Tim     C Insalata di Salmone Pollo Crema & Funghi
Tim     G Cocktail di Gamberi Tacchino alla Milanese
Tony    H Cocktail di Gamberi Pesce del Giorno
Tony    H Zuppa del Giorno    Spaghetti Ragu

This is the menu:

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Thank you

Tim 

Invitation to ride with B Group on 25th February

We are meeting in the Fairfield Centre in Leatherhead for a gently undulating ride of just 17.5 miles to The Saddlers Arms in Send. That's right, some gentle climbing in places but none of the big Surrey Mountains.

This is our route:

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53736903

We don't need to pre-order. Their menu is relatively basic but includes a lot of the usual lunchtime essentials like pizza, soup of the day, baked spuds, and toasted paninis with fresh salad and other ingredients. Their chips are very good too.

After lunch we will ride another 13 miles to our Tea and Coffee stop at Parade and Albany in Claygate.

The weather should be at least 10°C warmer than it was for John's ride but some showers are possible. Please tell me by 5 p.m. on Monday if you're intending to join us.

Your leaders will be Bernard and Stephen and myself.

Look forward to seeing you all

~ Tim C

Ride Invitation - A Group 25th February

Next week's A Group ride is from the Leatherhead Fairfield Centre.

Lunch will be in Godalming and tea in Cobham.

It's about 18 miles to lunch and a little less than that back to tea. There is only one hill of note.

I have put in a request for good weather, so I hope you will be able to come along.

Please let me (clive.janes@gmail.com) know by Monday evening.

Thanks, Clive.

B Group Ride from Redhill - 18/2/26

John A writes :

Thank you everyone who joined our ride from Redhill into the Surrey countryside. We were very fortunate with the dry weather window and I hope everyone got home without getting caught in the late afternoon rain.

Especial thanks to our super subbies - Alan and Tim.

Team TG on Root Hill

Tim G writes :

Despite the bleak weather forecast and grey skies we managed to complete today’s ride without getting wet. My ride to Redhill was relatively quiet given the half term break and no school run. 

Six of us set off for an initial climb out of Redhill and were soon cycling in quiet countryside south of Nuffield. We then headed east and enjoyed an uncomplicated ride back towards Brockham. After a photo shoot on Root Hill we avoided the muddy Coach Road through Betchworth golf course by taking a detour along Punchbowl Lane. Lunch at ‘The Stepping Stones’ provided a welcome break and service was prompt and efficient. 

A shorter ride in the afternoon took us via Leatherhead and Ashtead to the ‘Old Moat’ g/c where four of us had tea and a break from what seemed to be colder outside temperatures Thanks to everyone who made today’s ride a success. Good to enjoy a February ride in dry conditions. 

Lunch at 'The Stepping Stones'.

... and Alan C writes :

On a cold, overcast morning with a biting wind to test our resolve, six riders in the second group gathered outside Redhill Methodist Church for our run out to the Old Moat Garden Centre in Epsom, with a planned lunch stop at the Stepping Stones in West Humble.

A brisk start up Redstone Hill soon had us loosening layers, and the sweeping descent down Redstone Hollow was followed by our second climb of the morning along Philanthropic Road. The two early ascents certainly did their job in warming us up. From there, the route took us away from the traffic of Redhill and towards the quieter roads around Earlswood, giving us a chance to settle into a steady rhythm.

Heading out into the countryside, we enjoyed the relative calm of lanes threading through Salfords, Dawesgreen and Brockham. Despite the persistent wind, the riding was pleasant and sociable, and the absence of rain was a welcome bonus after a week of unsettled weather.

A short detour agreed by the group proved a wise move. Rather than follow the planned route along Roothill Lane and Coach Road through Betchworth Park Golf Club — likely to be muddy after recent rain — we continued along Red Lane and Blackbrook Road before joining Punchbowl Lane. This also allowed us to avoid the busy A25 Reigate Road towards Dorking. Our group route knowledge paid dividends, keeping us on cleaner and more pleasant tarmac. After enjoying the long descent of Punchbowl Lane we rode towards Pixham Lane before cycling onto West Humble along the A24. 

Tim and Dave C paused to provide puncture assistance to a fellow cyclist on Pixham Lane. A welcome reminder of the camaraderie that exists within our group. The remainder of us cycled on to the Stepping Stones, where we regrouped for a well-earned lunch.

Refuelled and warmed up, the group split up on the return leg. Dave F made his own way home from the pub, while Dave C, Steph and Tim each took their own preferred routes back home from Leatherhead. John and Alan pressed on towards Epsom and the Old Moat Garden Centre, aiming to beat the forecast rain — which, happily, held off for the duration of the ride.

All in all, a hilly but rewarding route on some excellent quiet roads, ridden in good spirits despite the cold and windy conditions. Thanks to John, Tim, Steph, Dave F and Dave C for their company, and also to John for planning such an enjoyable route. A great ride with the miles well earned.

Redhill to Westhumble

Annual lunch and Prize Giving - still time to sign up

The Ristorante Sorrento can accomodate another 20 diners on March 4th as only 50 of us have signed up so far. So please see the invitation and the menu which we posted in January.

We need to advise the restaurant about numbers and menu choices before the end of next week.  

Looking forward to your orders

Tim C 

Ride Report – A’s Redhill to Lingfield - Feb 18th

It’s mid-February and I thought it time we stretched our legs away from the familiar lanes we have been riding all winter long. Redhill provides that opportunity and Lingfield seemed an appropriate destination, not so far that the route couldn’t be shortened, or trains taken homeward.

The Star at Lingfield has a long history with CTC, being recommended in my 1893 CTC Road Book. Our blog reveals that it was a regular annual destination for Pete Mitchell’s groups in the 2000’s serving up, we are told, “huge portions for all”. Today it has gone up-market but still provides a reasonable value lunch.

It was a slight disappointment to find that only 8 Wayfarers signed up. Could it have been the ever-changeable weather, rain followed by more rain, and this time with a cold wind too? Or perhaps the hills, but surely not the distance, only 38 miles to tea?  

The Mighty Eight who arrived at Redhill (Gill, Sue F, David W, Brian, sub-leader Clive, Patrick, Steve, and Sue C) seemed keen to get going, minds doubtless concentrated by the forecast of heavy rain mid-afternoon.

Thanks to the wind some of the roads were dry, but they got wetter as we moved east. Amazingly, the very worst of the potholes I had warned about following my recce on Friday had been filled, the last in Merstham only minutes before we passed through. But constant vigilance was required as there were many more to avoid.

En route we passed Haxted Mill, once the last working water mill in Surrey, then a museum with tearoom known as a cycling destination, now sadly a private house. Shortly after we were buzzed by a passing buzzard, but that was the only excitement of the morning.     

The Mighty Eight outside the old Star

We all arrived at The Star before 12.30, where Dave W left to follow his own way home. A round table had been reserved for us, food was quickly served and devoured, and we were soon ready to leave. Time only for quick photo outside the old Star (now a residence) as visited by CTC in the 1890's before we were on our way. Minds were doubtless concentrated on getting to Banstead before the rain. The afternoon was hillier than the morning, and with windchill appeared colder, but the wind was mostly in our favour, and at least the climbing helped to keep the cold at bay.

We all arrived at Banstead before 3.30 and thankfully dry. Three “full value” riders stopped for tea at the Lavender Café in Banstead, while the rest of us made for home with hopes of dodging the rain all day.

Many thanks to everyone who came out.  Especially to Clive as sub-leader, and to Brian for back marking my group.

    

 

A Cold Day in February

 Norwesters.
These presents were: Tony, Ann C, John C, Arwyn, Carolyn, Christina, Diane, Geoff, Gill F, Lillian, Paula, Pete,

A Norwesters ride was organised to fill the gap for our members in the far North West, and we were pleased to see a good turnout at Molesey Boat Club. The C group were also present, preparing for their 11’s ride.

Sixteen riders had originally planned to take part, although the cold weather understandably discouraged a few. The initial route was set at around 30 miles, finishing at Hampton Court. However, with the threat of freezing rain forecast for mid-afternoon, the decision was made to shorten the route, reducing the distance to lunch to approximately 11 miles.

Lunch was booked at Longacres Garden Centre in Row Town, and the warmth was very welcome upon arrival. Despite the café being busy—it is a large venue—a table had been reserved for us. We arrived at around 12:20, and service was impressively efficient given how full it was. The food was also very good, which made for an enjoyable stop.

There was plenty of conversation, but with the possibility of worsening weather in mind, we did not linger too long. The return journey took a shorter route, at times into a chilly headwind. By the time we reached Walton Bridge, no one was keen to stop for tea, so we agreed to make our own way home from there.

Although the ride was shorter than planned, it was still a rewarding outing with good company. Thank you to everyone who joined the adventure, and a special thanks to Geoff for keeping the two groups within sight of each other throughout the ride.

Tony..