In which we cycle through poo

Andy and I have just been to Godstone for a cycle. It was the first
time we'd tried a route from our new Rough Rides guide to cycling in
the south east so we picked a 23 mile route with a short cut which
makes it 9 miles shorter if we felt it was going to get dark too soon.
Oh deary deary dear. We managed 3.5 miles.

We skipped the first little bit as there was a very steep narrow
descent down a muddy path. We rejoined the route at a downhill
bridleway through a farm. It was godawful. About a mile of cycling
through wet, gooey, thick, sticky cow poo, terrifed we'd lose momentum
and have to put a foot down into the horrible poo river.

By the time we got out the other side our bikes and our legs were
covered in poo and my rear brake had stopped working because poo and
disk brakes don't go well together. So we took a detour back to
Godstone to buy water to clean our bikes, and took the brave decision
to give up. What a lot of effort and time for an unpleasant 3.5 mile
cycle.