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Hi All,
Thought we would post this one up as our ride out was completely unprepared - although a must do again after my GSA arrives end of March
!
With France coming up in June for two weeks we decided to spend this weekend getting in the miles given the weather was going to be good. So after Saturdays rideout through Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex roads - we headed out Sunday at 9am from East London, through town on the A205 to pick up the A3 then the A24 towards Box Hill. A quick pit stop for fuel before the obligatory breakfast Burger and Coffee at Ryka's saw loads of bikes of all shapes and sizes arriving. After a quick look at the map, we headed off down the A24 for a while before turning right down the A29 (Ockley/ Slinfold/North Heath/ Pulborough/ Watersfield/ Bury) and then a short trip on the A284 into Arundel for a lunchtime Coffee at the Black Rabbit at the end of the road running past Arundel Castle.
It was then a quick back track on the A284 to join the B2139 towards Storrington, dog leg right continuing over the A283 on the B2139 past Thakeham on to Cooham to turn right and join the A272. Then over the A24 on the A272 saw a quick U-turn due to a serious looking middle of the road fire just shy of Cowfold...serious accident according to news at 5.30.....back to the A24, left onto A24 and left again off on to the B2135, B2116, A281 then right back on to the A272 just beyond the fire!!
It was then the A272 again twisting and turning all the way through to Uckfield where we turned left and picked up the A22 just outside Uckfield for a short hop and the right at the first roundabout onto the B2026 on through the Ashdown Forest (lovely countryside and views!!) on to the B2188 and the B2110 in to Groombridge - right on to the A264 through Tunbridge Wells where we then went left and hit the faster A26/ A21 and then the M25 before the A2 run home again.
Around 170 mile of great fun, great sights......great twists and turns and very few cars to spoil the fun.....oh and dry roads
!!!
K&J
Thought we would post this one up as our ride out was completely unprepared - although a must do again after my GSA arrives end of March
!With France coming up in June for two weeks we decided to spend this weekend getting in the miles given the weather was going to be good. So after Saturdays rideout through Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Essex roads - we headed out Sunday at 9am from East London, through town on the A205 to pick up the A3 then the A24 towards Box Hill. A quick pit stop for fuel before the obligatory breakfast Burger and Coffee at Ryka's saw loads of bikes of all shapes and sizes arriving. After a quick look at the map, we headed off down the A24 for a while before turning right down the A29 (Ockley/ Slinfold/North Heath/ Pulborough/ Watersfield/ Bury) and then a short trip on the A284 into Arundel for a lunchtime Coffee at the Black Rabbit at the end of the road running past Arundel Castle.
It was then a quick back track on the A284 to join the B2139 towards Storrington, dog leg right continuing over the A283 on the B2139 past Thakeham on to Cooham to turn right and join the A272. Then over the A24 on the A272 saw a quick U-turn due to a serious looking middle of the road fire just shy of Cowfold...serious accident according to news at 5.30.....back to the A24, left onto A24 and left again off on to the B2135, B2116, A281 then right back on to the A272 just beyond the fire!!
It was then the A272 again twisting and turning all the way through to Uckfield where we turned left and picked up the A22 just outside Uckfield for a short hop and the right at the first roundabout onto the B2026 on through the Ashdown Forest (lovely countryside and views!!) on to the B2188 and the B2110 in to Groombridge - right on to the A264 through Tunbridge Wells where we then went left and hit the faster A26/ A21 and then the M25 before the A2 run home again.
Around 170 mile of great fun, great sights......great twists and turns and very few cars to spoil the fun.....oh and dry roads
!!!K&J
