Commercial Vehicle Run

The First Sunday in May sees a London to Brighton run for commercial vehicles. On the way they stop for a service break at Broadfield Stadium. We intercepted them there and walked around admiring the shiny (retired) working vehicles - lorries, vans, fire-engines, charabancs, buses - even a cement lorry!

We finally got back on our bikes and managed to beat a couple of the old vehicles up Pease Pottage Hill before following them through Handcross and down to Staplefield where we had a long and relaxed lunch outside The Victory.

It was very nice sitting in the sunshine but we had to head home, so we headed west through Slaugham, past Slaugham Pond up to Plummers Plain. From here we went past the hammerpond and then turned right onto Grouse Road. At the top end of which, Barbara and Norman turned toward Colgate and on to Horsham whilst Gordon, Michael and myself went back to Crawley.

There is no organised club ride on Sunday 12th May - because it's the Club Weekend away in Dieppe! I thought I'd put this photo here to give a slightly French feel:

The following week, Sunday May 19th is the second DA Event of the year - The I-Spy Ride.
As this one is organised by us, please come along and support our section in the competition.
It starts from Sumners Ponds in Barns Green at 10:00 and will involve cycling about 35 miles and answering a number of clues on the way round. It finishes back at Sumners Ponds sometime around 3 or 4 in the afternoon and there will be a lunch stop in the middle. The Bluebells look and smell fantastic and I've certainly enjoyed planning the route.