I'm happy to guide people there by bike (early offroad warm-up - should take about an hour and a half at my pace) but it means leaving from outside Cycleworks in Leatherhead
http://www.cycleworks.co.uk/about/cycleworks-leatherhead
at 9am SHARP. I'll be there from 8:50 to meet anybody who wants to take that option. Look for an old bloke in black on a grey Orange 5/maroon Revs...
It was unbelievably busy up there today, I was out on the road, but I reckon that's the most cyclists I've ever seen! I guess we can expect the same tomorrow.
I've just had to bodge a different brake and shifter onto the Fuel as Fishers still haven't returned my one! Should be good though. I imagine I'll be fairly distinctive...
Factor 30, everybody!!
Indeed. I got a tan in an hour at the pub this lunchtime!
See y'all in the morning. 
Good ride this one, thanks for organising Njee and co! I was in the slow group on the black Chameleon SS with the marmite jersey. Was good to meet you all. Hope the guy who headbutted the tree is ok! Thumbs up to Mark as well - if you are every over Newbury/Swinley way drop me a message and we can go for an SS bimble! Oh and post up your charity link and I'll send some money your way. Now where was that beer I put in the fridge.....
Where'd you end up going?
I can't remember! Yogurt pots was mentioned and we did telegraph (?) anyway Im sure someone with a better memory will be along shortly!
XC_PK - MemberI can't remember! Yogurt pots was mentioned and we did telegraph (?) anyway Im sure someone with a better memory will be along shortly!
Holmbury hilltop. Parklife (AKA Yog pots), Telegraph Road/Telegram Sam. Post-split (petesgaff to home, me to Leith) the rest of 'Team Slowmo' went over and did Bazza, I believe...
From the left: GT, "Strangers To The Forum" 1&2, petesgaff, worldclass accident, XC_PK, thisisnotaspoon
The other group had fun too 
Thanks Nick, a great ride.
Cheers for organising Nick.
Cheers to everyone else for coming and making up an ace ride
Gnarlcore to the max
Where did the other group end up (the fast one that is)?
Was going to come but arranged something else to do as I mixed up the weekends. Sounds like I missed a good one (although found some new to me stuff in the area).
We went up and rode across to BKB and didnt stop at Peaslake Stores.Then up the road to the car park, and up past the windmill and dropped over the road and did the 3 bombholes, on which i binned it in a numpty fashion as i have cleared it often in the past. Fair bit of singletrack, a puncture, lots of faffage, christmas tree or T1 T2 graveyard shift, Cheese straws , Yoghurt pots , Sella Rosa I think, and Telegraph road to finish.
No great distance but hard work in the heat and dust. Pub stop afters for cheesy chips . Result.
Good to meet some old and new faces , a grand day out in the sunshine
Sounds like you had a good ride. Those three bomb holes are trickier than you might imagine - let me guess, was it the third one that got you? I've shown it to a few people that I've randomly met over the years and about half of them end up binning it! I've stopped taking peeps down there now because of it.
If anyone wants to explore Leith Hill and doesn't know it I would be happy to lead a ride up there some time soon.
Great to meet you all and in particular it was a privilege to meet Mark, aka Pete's Gaff.
yep 3rd one, Even having told everyone to avoid the stump I rolled into it too slowly and too 'on the bike' the front wheel didnt clear the first root and stopped dead, and I carried on.
Thanks guys for agreat ride in the
surrey hills, respect to the single
speeders especially the guy on the
ind fab with rigids!
Now back in devon, my hummer needs
a faster rider!
geetee - drop me an email, i'm up for exploring leith, been twice but don't know the area very well.
I actually was on for this but managed to double book a days riding, ended up going to aston hill on my intense instead. Defo up for the next one though!
'Twas a great ride, and a good opportunity to meet up with folk from here!
Need to have another one soon...
Sorry to have missed it, sounded like a good one. I went up there a little earlier to miss the traffic and the heat.
Yes, a spiffing day out in the sun was had by all I believe. Thanks to Njee for showing us round and to the purchaser of said cheesy chips! (I forget now...)
Geetee, email address in profile if you're organising anything... I know the area pretty well but always up for going out with new riding pardners, plus I think there's more stuff on Leith Hill and Redlands than I've found...
Cheers for a cracking ride, I'll have to make a re-appearance and make a more brakes-off attempt at BKB after flat landing one of the first bombholes and botteling out of the bigger one just after it started to drop down the hill!
It was a good ride, nice to meet everyone, and enjoy the perfect conditions! I'll upload the GPS course to Garmin Connect when I get a chance for anyone that wants it.
Sorry to miss the pub and cheesy chips!
Also sorry not to really catch up with the other group, you did too good a job of organising yourselves from the car park!
njee20 - Member
It was a good ride, nice to meet everyone, and enjoy the perfect conditions! I'll upload the GPS course to Garmin Connect when I get a chance for anyone that wants it.Sorry to miss the pub and cheesy chips!
Also sorry not to really catch up with the other group, you did too good a job of organising yourselves from the car park!
Yeah, sorry about that. Time was getting on and I was concerned about petesgaff getting some riding time in what with his tight schedule and all... 
Didn't matter, we were gonna need to split anyway realistically!
Nest time I'll bring everything I need 
Yeah that was a real shame aP, did you get out around Richmond Park?
We looked at the road warriors out there and beat a hasty retreat - did have ice creams though.
Oh well, SDW this weekend should sort us out.
Here is the route for the 'quick' group, just ignore the bits to/from my house!
As STM said: down BKB, up to the Windmill, down to Jelly's Hollow, through some of twisty stuff on Winterfold, down Christmas Puddings and Ewok Village, through Bentley Copse, down into Peaslake, back up onto Pitch, T1, T2, stop in Peaslake, up Radnor Road, Yoghurt Pots, Surfer Rosa and down Telegraph. Think it was just under 20 miles.
i was ridiculously late but fast group still in carpark, thanks for waiting around a bit more. Was my first time there and was a cracking little route, better stuff than i expected, thanks to Njee for guiding us around at comfortable pace for all. SS was fine but my choice of last night bbq sausages was rubbish for energy
lol yea that bomb hole was a close your eyes moment but worked out ok for me this time. I blindly just followed the guys in front.
Sorry to have missed it, sounded like a good one. I went up there a little earlier to miss the traffic and the heat.
Must have been up there early then. I was out not a million miles away and was melting by mid-morning.
Either some bitey insect liked me, or I disliked some vegetation we passed....absolutely covered in really itchy red blotches on arms (fore arms and inside of elbows), a few across my chin - I reckon vegetation from thast pattern....but also a few acros my chest 
Really bloomin itchy, although antihistermine seems to calm it....was it just me?
I don't norammly suffer from bites or stings
Still itching now....antihist is wearing off.
Something nibbled my leg slightly, but nothing out of the ordinary! I wouldn't have thought there was much up there that objectionable!
Was out at 6.30 back in the car by 10.30 it's just too busy/hot otherwise.
I was surprised by how quiet it was actually, I thought it was gonna be horrific. Got stuck behind some riders on BKB, but hardly saw any otherwise. Admittedly we didn't do Leith, but even Peaslake wasn't that busy.
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