The last day of my week off :(

I cant believe it. The sun is shining! Because of this we decided to get the bikes out - although because Alan had to do a bit of work and he wanted to catch the British Grand Prix we decided on something less ambitious than the last ride. We decided to check out the River Wey and the Guildford/Godalming navigations. So we parked the car in Bury Fields and took the bikes out along the tow path of the River Wey. This is very embarassing but despite living in Guildford for a good part of my life I hardly know this historical and beautiful river.

Along the way there were a display of incredible long boats and beautiful countryside. My only concern is that there were so many people which on our usual ride (the Christmas Pie Trail) isnt a problem. We cycled all the way to the Phillips memorial in Godalming which is a new one on me. Not only is it a very important part of history (Jack Phillips was the radio operator on the Titanic who refused to leave his post and continued to send mayday messages until his untimely demise on this fated ship) but the Phillips memorial was designed my another local hero in the form of Gertrude Jekyll.

It was only about seven miles and no hills unlike the Xmas Pie trail but that was enough and it was a lovely ride - and guess what? It didnt rain until 10:30pm!!