Monthly Weds rides

[Vince]

I will be there & happy to lead the ride Wed 2 Oct. Please come along & keep the group going. Will try a varied ROAD RIDE route, hope to be back by 2:00. Cafe stop midway.
Meet taxi rank, East Croydon Station @ 10:00.

[Roy Green]

Hi Vince,
I shall be there in spirit, but not actually, as I'll be on holiday. But pleased to see that you are keeping the Wednesday rides going. I was out at the Downe cafe today, but no one else was; used to be a fairly regular any-Wednesdays event. So I had to content myself with a nice chat with the sweet waitress there ....

[Roy Green]

Hi Vince,
I shall be there in spirit, but not actually, as I'll be on holiday. But pleased to see that you are keeping the Wednesday rides going. I was out at the Downe cafe today, but no one else was; used to be a fairly regular any-Wednesdays event. So I had to content myself with a nice chat with the sweet waitress there ....

[Shak]

Hi Vince,
Sounds great, I'll be there. As you say, it would be good to keep this ride going. Am happy to try new routes also

[clive]

I'll be joining next Wednesday's ride after really enjoying my first trip out with the Wednesday group last month, ably led by Vince.

I got back into cycling last summer after very many years and have gradually been improving on my distance, speed and fitness. After a lot of solitary riding was interested in going out with a small group, so turned up with my hybrid at East Croydon not knowing quite what to expect. We turned out taking a longer ride than usual which was rewarded halfway with a mug of coffee and an enormous slice of chocolate cake. Great fun, great cycling, great scenery, great company and great cake!

So I'll be there on Wednesday. This time with the road bike which should help to eat up the hills and the miles much more easily.

[Shak]

Thanks for leading the ride Vince, was a good day out to Beaver Water World with some good company, and some nice coffee.

[rostyle]

Glad I looked on here, I was going to head over to East Croydon tomorrow!! May have been hanging around for a while.

Maybe next month....

[Shak]

The next ride will be 10am Weds 6th, usual place, taxi rank at East Croydon Station. Vince is on holiday, so Clive and myself will lead, all welcome

[clive]

Hoping to lead this ride with Shak tomorrow. This will be my third time on this ride. It is good fun.

The only possible drawback tomorrow is the weather as the current forecast is for light, followed by heavy, rain. We may need to reconsider tomorrow morning. Watch this space!

[clive]

Shak and I will be at East Croydon station at 10 in case anyone turns up. We'll then decide what to do in the light of the weather. Perhaps a shorter ride before the risk of heavy rain.

[Fabobiker]

I was willing to come over today, but rain seems to have set in now..
Thanks for posting the update, see you next ride!
Cheers, fabo

[Shak]

Hi Fabo, you should have braved it ! Myself and Clive had a nice ride (dodging the puddles) to the café in Downe, were we dried off and had a nice slice of walnut cake

See you next month then

[Shak]

The next ride will be Weds 4th Dec, usual place, taxi rank at East Croydon station 10am, just hope it's a bit drier than last month

Myself and Clive will lead the ride in search of cakes and a hot coffee

[clive]

Yes, I'm looking forward to coffee and cake again - and a good ride - on 4 Dec. Hopefully it wont be so damp this time, but that's really no drawback unless it rains hard or continuously. Hoping it will be fine!

[clive]

Shak unable to make it, and others who had registered on Sky Ride failed to turn up. It was drizzly but I went off on my own. Really disappointed to find the Downe Village teashop closed despite advertised opening times in the window. However a very good alternative found at the Holwood Farm Shop further back up the road towards Keston. Excellent coffee and cake and they even provide bike locks on request. A good, if solitary, ride.