Was down The Chalet by 9:15 this morning as word had it that a few renegade Pioneer entrants were still going to do the run to Brighton. We had the carpark to ourselves as the caff is closed until further notice. As we were about to leave having waited a good half an hour, a solo rebel rider roared past, I'd already put the camera away by this point which was a shame.
We then had a whizz across country to Whiteways at Bury Hill. The place was heaving with bikes, cars, walkers, moutain bikers the lot. Whether the caff was open or not I don't know as we didn't bother stopping for obvious reasons. My S1000RR riding pal was leading, there can't be any B roads in Kent, Surrey and Sussex he doesn't know, and soon we were turning onto the A25 to have a look in at Newlands Corner, which again was really busy, followed by Box Hill. Although the carpark had the barriers across, bikes could still get in via a gap at the side, but what was the point, Rykas was shut. The trip over the top of the hill was quite torturous due to the volume of cars and cyclists. If a lockdown gets announced in the next few days I won't be at all surprised as no one seemed to be distancing themselves from others, with scores of picnic groups on the grass.
With 148 miles on the trip I think I can consider the Road Techs well and truly scrubbed in. Whether they get an opportunity of any further action, we'll have to wait and see.
