In spite of waking up before 07:00hrs, by the time I'd got myself out of the house I only had 25 minutes to get to Horsham! I failed miserably and took 35. As I was about to cross the railway bridge by Horsham Station I spotted Jeet, on his way home because only he and Norman had turned up at 09:00hrs! I had a map and a route so Jeet decided it was a day for riding after all and we both went on to Horsham park Pavilions just in case anyone else was there. No luck - Norman had already set off for Wiggonholt, so we set off in pursuit. Despite keeping up a cracking pace, we passed through Tower Hill, Bax Castle, Barns Green, West Chiltington, Stream Lane and it wasn't until we arrived in the queue at the tea room in Wiggonholt RSPB centre that we caught up with him!
There were three other West Sussex riders there and, as we ate our tea and cake, several others arrived, including John V and John C.
At 11:30 all 13 of us set off on a fairly simple ride, via Billingshurst up to the Blue Ship at The Haven (strange name for a village that).
The food and beer were good as usual, as was the conversation with our friends and, as ever, soon it was time to set off again.
Each section headed in it's own direction - we opted to go via Slinfold, Warnham station, and Rusper back to Crawley (Norman had decided on a ride up the Downs Link before returning to Horsham).
Our next ride is a Horsham start at 09:30 on Sunday 5th June. We will head South and West via Wisborough Green for Lunch at The Black Horse in Amberley. This should be a medium rated ride of some 40 miles. If the weather is nice it wil be VERY enjoyable.
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