B Group - 25th April

Well done and thank you to the nine riders who joined me for a wonderful ride into rural Kent. We experienced all sorts of brilliant colours – the bright spring green of the fields and hedgerows, the dazzling yellow of the dandelions and the cool blues of the bluebells. We also experienced an amazing mixture of spring weather – the wet and cold of showers in the morning and the wet, cold and painful hail in the afternoon.

The route from Caterham via Toy’s Hill and back to Banstead was 41.5 miles with total ascents of 2828 feet, 68 ft per mile. The final run up Toy’s Hill Road to lunch at the delightful Fox and Hounds accounted for 599 of those feet at 263 ft per mile, a long, steep climb.

Not ideal weather but a great day out and thank you Tim for keeping an unofficial eye on the rear of our peloton.

J.A.

Author: Tim C

3 Comments:

Terry 27 April 2018 at 14:44 BST

Thanks, John, for a very enjoyable ride in quiet, unfamiliar countryside.

Unknown 27 April 2018 at 21:18 BST

The 25th April was my 2nd time on a push bike cycling in Kent, I was beginning to think it was going to be my last time, cycling up Toys Hill. (It didn't seem suitable for a fixed wheel?)
A good venue to cycle too, The Fox & Hounds.
Many thanks, John, For leading the group and devising the route
Dave C.

Steph 29 April 2018 at 06:57 BST

A very enjoyable day John . Thanks for planning such an excellent route and leading the ride at a steady pace. I look forward to next year's "bluebell ride" .