Richmond via Hammersmith

May cycle to Richmond Park via Hammersmith to hook up with our friends of Hammermsith

Perhaps not the most obvious route, but the Hammersmith & Fulham LCC were off for a family ride to Richmond to scare the deer so five of us pitched up. A very gentle 6 miles to Hammersmith got the limbs warmed up in the cold March air. We met up with John Griffiths who is the co-coordinator for H&F and several other residents, one riding a hand built tri-cycle used for furniture delivery complete with what can only be described as bull-bars.

We followed them through the back roads of Barnes to enter Richmond Park in the Roehampton Gate and almost immediately came across a herd of young deer. After many photographs and many failed attempts by young and old alike to actually stroke one we rode up Spankers Hill Wood for a picnic then headed slowly back to Richmond Gate before parting company.

The Ealing crowd followed the Thames on the south side past Kew before submitting to traffic and heading over the Kew bridge and back into Ealing. A round trip a shade under 21 miles not bad for a group ranging from 9 to 85 years old!