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@Peter_Carter
Here is the route.
Starting point, the Whipp's Cross roundabout, south side at the bus stop next to the TA Centre. I ll be waiting for you!
**We meet at 10.00 and leave @ 10.15ish , but probably 10.30.
**If you are coming from Hackney , then the best way to get to Whipps X is to ride down the Lea Bridge Road from Clapton. The Whipps X roundabout at the very end of the Lea Bridge Road . Here turn right and go around the roundabout and you will see the bus stop on the S of the roundabout . Or you can use the pelican crossing opposite the TA Centre and walk around the corner to the meeting point. The post code is E10 6EA.
The Route.
These are the directions to Matching Green and back . Anyone who has ridden the Dunwich Dynamo will know large parts of it.
Leave Whipps X Roundabout and then ride up to the Waterworks roundabout where we cross over the N Circular. This is a busy roundabout, so if we are split up then we will regroup on the other side. If you don't fancy the roundabout there is a cycle path underneath it.
Then follow the road to Woodford Green where we turn L @ the junction and then take the A104 though Woodford Green and onto Epping. After 2 miles we enter Epping Forest. You see trees, cows and horses.
After stopping for refreshments at the tea hut, we carry on past the hut but after 500m and at the 1st junction **turn Right ** and ride on through the forest to rejoin the A104. Before rejoining the A104 to Epping there is a junction and a road to cross.** Here turn RIGHT towards the roundabout which you can see as you turn. Turn L at roundabout, past the petrol station ( you are now back on the DD route) and take the road to Epping. **Best to be in single file here.
Ride through Epping , as you leave the town you will go past a green on your left and up a small hill. **At the top of that hill there is junction and a set of traffic lights. Turn Right here for N Weald. Go through more forest, under the motorway and then enter N Weald Village. Go past the Golf course and on your Left is the War memorial. This is the 2nd meeting up point.**
Carry on through the village and out to the Talbot( its a pub) roundabout at the (A414) junction**. Go straight across here and you are in the Essex Lanes. **
Ride on and at** 1st junction turn Right – **follow the signs for **Moreton , and carry on till **you see the 1st sign for Matching Green and then follow that road N to Matching Green. This is the 3rd meeting up point.
Lunch and the return journey.
*At this stage (20 miles) we will ride to the pub @ Moreton, The White Hart, from Matching Green . Just follow the signs to Moreton from Matching Green. *
After Moreton, we retrace our steps and ride back the way we came through N Weald, Epping, the Forest and Woodford. Again, just follow the signs. I suggest we again ride back via High Beach, but you can carry on down the Epping Road ( A104 ) to Woodford instead as that’s quicker but can be a bit bonkers at that time of day.
At Woodford Green we have a busy R turn across traffic to get to the Waterworks Roundabout. There is an alternative which takes us down to S Woodford , but i need to write that up.
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Back to Whipps X
**Do youwant to return to a pub in Walthamstow? If so I d suggest the Nags Head or Rose & Crown, let me check them out.
General Points
The Epping and Woodford parts of the route can be busy- so single file is often best.
Oil up.
If there’s a car coming from behind the group then call out to alert the riders in front know. “Oil up!” is the warning to use.
Be courteous to others and salute all cyclists