This started so well, a great byway out from West Peckham, fording a small stream and then a dash back up the road to the bridleway just off the seven mile lane, out to School Lane, this is a good solid route, varied and a good climb. Then a road trip up to Dunk"s Green and a terrible restricted byway, badly signposted and over a ploughed field, not good, two punctures and a detour. With time short, I cut this ride down and followed onto Dene Wood and the bridleway along the edge of the wood to the A227. Then back up to Hamptons Lane and Matthews Lane and the bridleway behind Vine Farm back to the pub at West Peckham Never regret a ride out, this one just took some of the mojo out of it!

Ride out, Camer park loop.

Ok, two weeks loafing in the sun in Spain do nothing for my fitness, so its a bit of an uphill struggle to get back into the "zone", however, todays ride was a good start. A loop of Byways and Bridleways from Camer Park, was good, a few navigation errors but mostly straightforward. Byway from Meopham green out to Vigo, then a Bridleway down towards the A20/M20, this was really badly signposted and rough and rocky at the bottom, the climb back up is rubbish, a mixture of leaves, broken tarmac and large flints. Then onto the two byways near Stansted, great long streches but again rough and stony and overgrown in places, then onto the bridleway that winds down in a dog leg fashion to Hodsell street and back to Meopham.