Ride to Cobham, Kent

Cobham

Kent: the final frontier. Our five-year mission: to explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to boldly go where hardly any Southwark Cyclist has gone before!

But, as with many such ventures, our launch has had to be postponed because of adverse weather conditions. There's no point doing a launch if 70% of our "Rule of 6" riders are unable to reach the launch site! So will now be having another go.

We will be meeting on Saturday August 12th at London Victoria Station, Platform 4, in time to catch the 08.55 train to Swanley, which arrives there at 09.24.

This ride was inspired by these words, which can be found in an eight-year-old Lewisham Cyclists ride report:

  • In no time at all we were passing through Cobham, a tiny Kent village which has close associations with the Victorian writer, Charles Dickens who frequently walked to the village from his house at Gads Hill, a few miles north east of the village. It is said that he would often test his storytelling skills by giving readings from his latest work at the Leather Bottle Inn, which we rode straight past and which doesn’t look as though it’s changed much since then, from the outside at least.

The 22 mile route for the ride can be downloaded from here: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/43786816.

On the way back, we can cycle through Jeskyns Community Woodland. There is a café there where we can stop for a refreshment break.

We will then continue to Dartford Station, where there is a regular train service back to London Bridge.

Ride Leader: Nigel Bee (tel 07415 315 690)

  • Although we are under many umbrellas, "we do not usually actively involve ourselves in the campaigns. We are here to make cycling enjoyable for you and for us".
  • We do support cycling campaigns, "because they are designed to improve our cycling lot. But we are not the sort of group that goes on demonstrations or things of that nature".

The Drupal Entity Registration Module has been configured to allow people to book below. But, don't be put off if no one has registered - we will still try to meet our "Rule of 6" target. We know our rides are easy to find on Google and many people don't bother about registering.

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