On Wednesday, a group consisting of Jane, Geoff, Pete, Gill, Dawn, Arwyn, Grant, and Ray left the Ferry Café at 10.30 to ride along the River Crane to Lake House Café, Taplow. We started off feeling chilly despite the bright sunshine, with a lot of winter clothing brought out of hibernation for the day. We cycled along the river bypassing Laleham and Staines before joining the road just after Staines on our way towards Datchet. Just after Datchet, we turned down a bridleway to the start of the Jubilee River that took us to the Lake House Café, Taplow.
We were welcomed and sat on the decking overlooking the lake
and enjoying the autumn sunshine. The food arrived quickly and was good. Unfortunately,
time was passing, and we needed to stop the conversations and start on our way
home.
We followed NCR 4 for most of the route with a few deviations.
So, it was off to the outskirts of Maidenhead and down to Bray. Just after Bray,
while crossing the M4, I had a puncture that was quickly fixed. We then came
across a section of path that we had intended to use but it was closed, so it
was decided to carry on, following the road signs to Windsor. This deviation
took us into Windsor via the underpass at Clewer Village where we picked up
route 4 again. We arrived back in Shepperton just too late to revisit the Ferry
Café, so we decided to make our own way home.
The weather was bright sunshine throughout, and the colours
we saw with the leaves starting to change colour, plus the good company,
support and humour made the ride special. Thank you everyone especially the
back markers, Pete and Geoff.
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