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£1k was including 4 tyres at £170ish each.
Here's the road:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Horsell+Rise,+Woking&hl=en&ll=51.328071,-0.565356&spn=0.006409,0.013078&sll=52.8382,-2.327815&sspn=12.706523,26.784668&oq=horsell+rise&hnear=Horsell+Rise,+Woking,+Surrey+GU21,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.327989,-0.565227&panoid=bZWRoWE-IjpKZAr6WkazKw&cbp=12,132.45,,0,8.86
We were cycling on the left pavement. It's a residential road but a through road. If you follow it down the hill the pavement is really quite shit for cycling on
Collision occurred at the first driveway on the left here:
https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=Horsell+Rise,+Woking&hl=en&ll=51.326469,-0.56321&spn=0.006409,0.013078&sll=52.8382,-2.327815&sspn=12.706523,26.784668&oq=horsell+rise&hnear=Horsell+Rise,+Woking,+Surrey+GU21,+United+Kingdom&t=m&z=17&layer=c&cbll=51.326531,-0.563317&panoid=agETaiax_gHZsoB8FTbwzw&cbp=12,128.53,,0,6.79
My daughter is not very confident generally and doesn't like to put much effort in. I asked her before we came down the hill and she said she wanted to cycle on the pavement.
We could cycle on the road I guess, there's more traffic than that Streetview applies due to two schools in the vicinity and quite a bit of housing, and cars parked on the nearside also, but it's not so busy that they couldn't pass us travelling down there at about 5-6mph without difficulty.
Trouble is my wife doesn't think children should be on the road at all. In fact she doesn't think SHE should be there. Last year my wife was cycling on the pavement in the ice/snow and got a nasty gash on her knee. I pointed out that it wouldn't have happened on the road but she doesn't listen.