Having emerged from another lockdown, we felt we could venture out for a run. Of course no one really understands the rules but we are all in Tier 2 and it did not seem to be pushing the envelope too much to go out on a bit of a run. The plan was to meet at Rykas at Box Hill last weekend and then go for a bit of run round the Surrey villages and terminate at the Tea Hut on Epsom Downs.
I decided to give the Inter a bit of an outing. Probably the best bit of the run was the early morning run to Rykas. The roads were near empty and not too nadgery. It was possible now and then to let the beast thunder on a bit. Arriving at Box Hill we met up with Rob on his Norton Dominator 88, Phillip on his Sunbeam S8, Niall and Liz on their Harley, Richard on his BMW boxer trailie, Sally I think was on a Hinckley Bonnie, Pete on his CCM, a friend of Rob's whose name escapes me on a 125 Honda, also someone was on Moto Guzzi V50, can't remember who.
Off we all set for a fairly slow run round Shere and other Surrey villages. The lanes were full of cyclists and big lumbering 4 x 4s so a lot of time was spent in 2nd or 3rd gear. Reaching the Tea Hut on the Downs, the queue was very long for tea or coffee and the Council in its wisdom had closed the loos so we did not hang about long.
The run back home was fun. I was able blow the cobwebs out of the Inter on the M25 and the roads back home were quite free of traffic.
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