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Jan 14, 2025
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P1 Ride today postponed due to weather.
A2 ride report 21st October.
It was one of those “Oh its raining, lets have some punctures” kind of rides. Just some gentle rain through Farningham, but we halted our chariots in Roman Villa Road to put on wet weather gear and the rain really got going for the first puncture at Sutton at Hone. Then over the gentle downland, past a new solar farm and the second puncture in Canada Farm Road. All of which made us rather late for lunch at The Bell, Kemsing but the welcome was warm and the food good value as usual. Among the subjects discussed were the rather quaint idea of powering a lawn mower with a petrol engine and the perhaps surpris…
An inclusive group of 6 Bs sallied forth from LVC braving the onset of rain to follow Dave Parker's route as amended by Richard and Trevor. As befits our equal opportunities ethos we were led in turn by Andrew, Trevor and Richard. Topics at the pub included Kenneth Noye, being pulled over, visits to Chislehurst Police Station, the use of Klein Blue, the legitimacy of using naked ladies as paint brushes for the aforementioned blue, the grounding of panels with gesso in medieval times and the production of gold paint and gold leaf. Contributors to the collective experience were Andrew, John, Liz, Richard, Roy and Trevor. Thank you for your company.
Reminder to all that booking for our Christmas lunch at Westerham Golf Club closes this Friday.
A1 ride report (not written by AI): Leader Stephen Hardy, peleton Ray Hardinge, Chris Simms, Dom Haslam, Martin Gill, Simon. Destination from the Olympic was Three Horseshoes, Knockholt, which was I think our first visit and well worth it. Service and value all hitting the right mark. Our route took us through some familiar territory: Sutton at Hone, Darenth, fringe of Fawkam, Horton Kirby, Farningham, up to Crokenhill, Well Hill, Chelsfield, Pratts Bottom (always makes me smile ever since I was a sprog - just the two words put together to name a place. Whoever did that has in my humble opinion a sense of humour,) back lanes of Knockholt avoiding Rushmore Hill, to the far end of Main Road,…