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@Oliver Schick
It's about time to visit Murtle ( @31trum ) again. For those who don't know him, he moved to Horsham a few years ago, and as the prophet needs to go to the mountain if the mountain won't come to the prophet, there is a need to visit him there.
We last did a ride on a Sunday and that seemed to work well:
https://www.lfgss.com/events/3411/
I suggest, having just spoken to Murtle, that we do Sunday the 13th of May. Obviously, if nobody can make that, we'd have to do another date, but as Murtle is away in late May and early June, it would mean quite a long delay.
I've set the departure time to 9 this time (at the Coach & Horses) instead of 10 as previously, as some people felt it would be more elegant to actually arrive at lunch at lunchtime rather than after lunchtime.
The ride should take about two and a half hours and we'll finish at the Malt Shovel in Horsham. They have decent pizza and it's a lovely family-run pub. Obviously, if someone local ( @Tadpole ?) has a different pub suggestion, let's hear it, but we were quite happy at the Malt Shovel the last time around. Train back later in the day.
You're very welcome to come along even if you don't know Murtle.
I've used the 'invite' feature to invite everybody who was along last time around or expressed an interest in the previous thread.
The route will be fixed-friendly except for one climb (Portnalls Road, which is not too bad) and one long and fast descent (Reigate Hill). Everything else will be very flat.
It's around 32 miles that way, although I could vary and lengthen the route a bit from last time if people wanted me to, e.g. there's a lovely route through Faygate Forest and St Leonard's Forest east of Horsham. It would mean we'd miss out on Old Holbrook, but it's a more than adequate replacement (and the run-in through Horsham would be shorter, though the route longer overall, probably around 35 miles, and hillier and less fixed-friendly in the last bit).