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Wimbledon Common |
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December 2009 |
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Prospects didn’t look good with heavy rain forecast at the start of the week and a serious downpour at about quarter to nine on Sunday. However 18 riders turned up, perhaps encouraged by a BBC forcast for a dry sunny afternoon. The ride to Wimbledon common is a classic off road route taking in some of west London’s best green spaces with hills, views and scenery. Much rain earlier in the week caused the river path section onwards from Barnes to be very muddy. Some riders had had enough of the mud by Hammersmith Bridge and opted for a road route to meet up with the ride again at the Wetlands centre. The promised sunshine arrived and mud free now, we cheerfully made out way to the popular cafe at the windmill on the common. Robin, our ride leader, managed to break his chain in a (failed) attempt to ride over the footbridge at Robin Hood roundabout and was only saved from a very long walk home by Tim with a chain tool and its skillful use. With perhaps enough mud for one day, we opted to take the route north of the river through Syon Park from Richmond rather than the river path. But, the urge for off road was undiminished and we followed the canal from Brentford back to Ealing to finish at about 4pm. Many thanks to Martin for acting as a backstop. |
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