Paul J was the original leader/designer of the ride in July 2021, we particularly liked the many quiet and undulating on and off roads from Chobham to lunch and nearly all the revised route after lunch including over 2 miles along Basingstoke Canal. Thanks Paul.
Many thanks to Tim C for editing and revising our "smooth" route after our recce on 4 July.
Many thanks for all the riders to join us for the ride. We had 24 riders in total, 3 groups of 8 riders. On my last group of 8, thanks to Martin G for back marking, Julie B and Paul J for helping me navigating at times, Mick A for leading Dawn M to Woking station after lunch, Alan I and Martina S for joining us.
Our lunch stop Hare and Hound at Donkey Town / West End excelled at providing us tasty and nutritious food and drinks promptly at a reasonable price. No doubt we will be back there in the future.
~ Christina
The ride for my first group went well, with no incidents apart from my Garmin map not displaying the route correctly, which resulted in one or two corner mistakes. Due to some navigation confusion, we deviated a little from the designated route through a very pleasant woodland track, but soon got back on track. It proved to be a very popular route, on mostly quiet and shady roads (Thanks to Paul for the original route, and Christina for resurrecting it)
The Hare and Hounds at Donkey Town provided very efficient and friendly service of good food and beverages. The return route via Woking and via Pyrford lock, including a very pleasant stretch of the Basingstoke Canal, ending up in Cobham for afternoon tea. Many thanks to all of the group for their company and support, and particularly Karl for back marking all day.
~ Keith
Overall, my middle group of 8 (Tony Hs, Brenda, Liz, Ray Y, Arwyne, Jane and back-marker Tim G) just loved this route, a nice mixture of road and off-road woodland tracks. Personally, many of the roads and tracks were new to me and I hope we can use this route again in the near future. Our favourite roads, long, quiet and tree-lined were the wonderfully named Gracious Pond road, followed by Windlesham road and Rye Grove.
After 19 miles, we soon arrived at the the Hare and Hounds pub in Donkey Town aka West End. A pub that not only served good portions, but with a lovely smile and service. The temperature had certainly gone up a notch as we departed for the 17 miles to tea. The highlights in the afternoon was the enjoyably long Basingstoke canal ride, my frozen Garmin screen (first time) that needed rebooting and the 'site entrance' path from the new Wisley bridge down to Elm lane, now nicely tarmac'd.
A couple of the group headed to tea in Stoke D'Abernon as it was on their way home and the rest headed home from Cobham. An enjoyable day for all with a great route and amiable company. My thanks to the ever-dependable Tim G for back-marking all day.
After 19 miles, we soon arrived at the the Hare and Hounds pub in Donkey Town aka West End. A pub that not only served good portions, but with a lovely smile and service. The temperature had certainly gone up a notch as we departed for the 17 miles to tea. The highlights in the afternoon was the enjoyably long Basingstoke canal ride, my frozen Garmin screen (first time) that needed rebooting and the 'site entrance' path from the new Wisley bridge down to Elm lane, now nicely tarmac'd.
A couple of the group headed to tea in Stoke D'Abernon as it was on their way home and the rest headed home from Cobham. An enjoyable day for all with a great route and amiable company. My thanks to the ever-dependable Tim G for back-marking all day.
~ Francis
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