The ride today was led by Sam and he was joined at Chichester Cross by Chris, Jeff and myself. Colin and Anne joined us later at lunch so 6 out during the day.

The weather was warm and generally sunny with a stiff SW tailwind for the morning..

We headed out via Westhampnett and then up to the Downs on the quiet lane to Pillygreen Lodge. We stopped here for a brief break/Sam ciggy stop.

Then it was down to East Dean and the lane at the foot of the Downs to the A285 and along to Duncton Hill. Sam recorded 50mph on the descent and I was not far behind at 46.

Then it was a sharp right turn at the bottom onto beautiful quiet lanes.

We made our way on more lanes to Petworth and an elevenses stop where we met up with the Arun Adur riders, just Dave and Richard.

We then followed Dave via Balls Cross and Kirdford where we stopped for a relaxing break watching Chris mend a puncture.

Then it was on to Wisborough Green and a picnic on the Green. Nobody turned up from Horsham.

I suggested that after lunch we went on about 8 miles further north to the southernmost part of the Prudential Ride London-Surrey Professional Road Race which was due to arrive about 3.00. Dave went part way and Richard, Anne, Colin and Anne came all the way. We stopped at Wallis Wood on a sharp bend. On this part of the course the riders did 3 loops round Leith Hill.

The well known riders were limited to David Millar, Peter Sagan and for Sky Ben Swift.

On the second loop I moved to the inside of the corner and got the following picture of the Sky Team. This is a good illustration of the improvements possible with editing. In the original the riders are a bit distant and too much into the light. The edited picture following a crop and HDR editing is much improved.

Edwin

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