Amberley - well not in the end.....

It was a lovely morning as I rode to Horsham for 09.30. I seem to be getting back in shape as I got there in 48 minutes despite strong headwinds whereas my previous effort a couple of weeks before had taken over an hour! I now know who had been eating all the pies….

The forecast was not particularly good and that may be why there were only two of us at the appointed departure time. And as Barbara had not planned to do the return trip to Amberley anyway, we decided to do a loop closer to Horsham. So we headed out over the golf course (no golfers today!) and west to Rowhook hill. Horsham people are really fortunate to have this route as you are in the lanes and lovely countryside in ten minutes from the town centre. At the top of Rowhook hill we paused for a minute to watch lots of joggers/runners heading down the hill – they all looked exhausted – I do wonder at running; cycling is so much more fun as you do it sitting down (:->

Rowhook is really pretty with several old buildings and we proceeded in weak sunshine towards Oakwood Hill and then, after crossing the A29, to Weare street; one of the prettiest/quietest lanes in the County. We stopped by the duck pond so that Barbara could feed her apple to the ducks! A delightful spot.



After crossing the A24 we skirted Capel to join the Rusper road where we had a very small amount of rain. Very few cars today and lots of cyclists, mostly more serious ones on road bikes. Arriving in Rusper we went our different ways and I got home at 12.30 after 33 very pleasant miles. And we didn’t really notice the strong winds.

My personal tally for the year is now two Sunday runs, 50 + miles and no pub stops! I must be losing it…..

Hope to see you soon. We’ll reschedule Amberley later in the year, as that is a very pleasant run.

Our next ride starts from Three Bridges Station at 10:00hrs on Sunday 23rd January. We will head out north with the intention of a lunch stop at The Dolphin in Betchworth.