Thanks Mark, I'm glad you enjoyed it
First, apologies to Doug for putting you off with the forecast, it turned out dry, but we all know what would have happened if I'd told you it was safe to come.....
I was pleased to find it dry when I woke, but on the A27 the clouds looked really menacing, so I stopped to put up my half hood and that scared most of the rain away. Mark, must have been up early, as I arrived at about 7 and he was there waiting to take the mick about my hood!
Graham texted me to say he and Ken were out, and when Steve arrived he'd bought a coffee from the garage, so Mark and I were forced to join him. That's why we were late for Richard at breakfast, it had nothing to do with my planning or the route
There were some nice roads, and not much traffic in the first half. When we reached Pulborough the road I have always used in the past was closed, so it was a good day to be trying the other one. Some of the roads were a little too bumpy and he lorries missed my wheel arch by about 2 inches as they squeezed past on the muddy lane we met them on.
Here's the Tony stop:
By then our cars were pretty dirty:
Sorry Steve.
The second half roads weren't quite so clear of traffic, but we had some fun and the weather was improving all the time. Richard had already almost finished breakfast by the time we arrived at Billy's:
But we enjoyed ours and then moved outside for coffee as Mark needed some sunshine.
Another very enjoyable morning with SKCC
By the way, on my way home I passed Buck barn, and lo and behold, Graham and Ken were just turning onto the 272. Did you do the route?
