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Right, suitable bunch up points for tomorrow are as follows, plus I'll detail a bit of the route at the same time.
Star Hill comes after just a couple of miles, I will keep the pace on the front steady enough to ensure we hit the bottom in one unit.
When you climb Star Hill, the worst section is near the top when the road bends to the right. Once over the top, carry on for another 400yds, the road bends to the left and shortly on the left by a left hand turn is a pub called The Harrow. We'll regroup there.
The descent of Sundridge Hill is narrow and has gravel sections. Care required/advised.
The climb up to Ide Hill isn't exactly steep, but does go on for a couple of miles with a brief respite in the middle. We will regroup at the top in Ide Hill village.
Next up is the descent of Ide Hill Road, it's open and fast. At the very bottom of the descent the road bears right while we take the straight ahead left turn. As the gearies will outpace the fixies (I hit 47mph last week and intend to bust the 50mph mark tomorrow) we will stop to regroup just before the turn on the left.
The next few miles are draggy, splits may well occur. If this happens, just follow the road and we will stop at the T-junction at the bottom of Bayleys Hill. The climb itself is a nice one, starts in the open before heading up into the trees. There's a T-junction at the top, we will regroup here.
After we cross a main road, head down the back of Knowle Park, then cross a X-roads, the road gets a bit up and down for a couple of miles. There are also two tight left hand bends, the second one being the tighter of the two. Be careful! If the group splits just follow the road til the end where we can regroup again outside a restaurant called The Snail.
From here on in, it will be fairly simple to keep together in a bunch. Well, in theory anyway!
That's enough pratting on from me. See you tomorrow!