Route 1 - Dulwich Park to Biggin Hill (Sort Of)

This ride is Sheduled for a 7.45 am start and whilst we do wait for 5 minutes or so we will be off by no later than 7.50 am. No one is ever left behind and there are regular stops.

Starting in Dulwich Park, we ride past Dulwich Gallery and Dulwich College on the way to Crystal Place, the 1st climb of the ride. After a regroup at the top of Crystal Palace where there is a fast descent through Penge and out thru Beckenham at 7.45/8.00 am this is a relatively quiet in terms of traffic, we turn off Beckenham road after the main roundabout onto quiet roads and ride alongside Langley Golf course, we travel through West Wickham and are immediately in the country. It’s now up hill until we get to Blackmans Lane having ridden past police dog training centre, This is a steady climb with some great views across the north Kent Downs.

At Blackmans Lane the ride gets distinctly easy and there is a fast and safe descent into Addington (South Croydon) alongside all of Addington's golf courses. Then its along cycle paths back to Hayes and then quiet roads back into Beckenham sort of retracing our steps.

There is a sting in the tail as there is one last climb back up to the top of Crystal Palace Followed by a number of different descents depending upon what sort of Cafe stop people want but the most common is a descent down Sydenham Hill past the Horniman Museum and the along Dulwich common and the Alleyns playing fields and back into Dulwich park for a coffee and cake at either the park cafe or the Dulwich Picture Gallery coffee shop.

JIC Please bring spare inner tube, pump/co2 cannisters, tyre levers some food/gels. Check your tyres & bike.

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