I ought to add that we had a good ride down with the 19s, departing pretty promptly after 0940 and wending our way at a good steady pace down to Turner's Hill, followed by a brief halt and then onwards to Brighton via the "old" route, missing Haywards Heath via Slugwash and One Hundred Acre Lanes.
Included in the group were Steve B, Steve P, Steve F (Steve calls were confusing), Aussie Rich (who caught us after arriving just behind schedule), Rebecca, Mark M, Tom, road fit Nick and Andy (?) who had to turn back for home duties just after Ardingly . Rich had a puncture in the lanes before Ditchling followed, shortly after, by a chain issue, and thereby coming perilously close to the "3 strikes and you are out rule" being invoked. Road works in Ditchling also resulted in a short diversion.
A quick bite at the Regency was followed by an equally quick ride home via Devil's Dyke with pretty much the same group albeit bolstered by Matt (?) on a tt bike and doing some very (and much appreciated!)strong turns along with others (not me!). Kasper had also jumped on at Brighton although he dropped off unnoticed just before we got to the club run section (sorry Kasper!) and did not reappear at the Rusper Stores stop. Not surprisingly we had a couple of little splits but the faster guys were happy to regroup despite our requests to just leave us alone!
Anyway a good run and the usual fine fare at Nonnas. Thanks to all for a pleasant day on the bike in the usual good company.