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Colour me interested.
Ernulf de Hesdin was a pal of Guillaume Bâtard. For aiding the invasion of Saxon England he was given a tract of land that included an oak forest and a verdant river valley where the river meadows were fertilised with the silt deposited by the flooding each Winter.
Fast forward not quite a thousand years and the woodland is still there!
Ruislip Woods National Nature Reserve is the 2nd largest in London, (after Richmond Park), and the River Pinn has had houses built on (some) of its meadows.
No wonder they are at the risk of flooding!Did visit Hesdin a long time ago, back when channel crossing trips were subject to a 50L limit on beer/lager. Would be good to cycle to/through it.
@hamrack knows the area as well.
mespilus
This was a weekend ride:
http://thepedalclub.org/events/seven-valleys-torcy-france-2018/
just not this weekend. I hope looking at this on a gloomy winter evening may have a cheering effect.
If people are interested I would be prepared to organise (for next Spring) a forum weekend like this Pedal Club event - as I've said in my report it is an excellent area for riding, conveniently close to Calais. Accomodation is not expensive.
While you're on the Pedal Club website do have a look round - I think you will find the 'Golden Book' entries interesting.
Naturally, anything planned for 2019 has to assume that brexit will not be completely disastrous.
Let me know what you think.