Ride from Hassocks to Balcombe for lunch, ending in Shoreham-by-Sea

NOTE EARLIER START TIME: On Sunday 28 September, we're meeting at 09.45 at the the Proper Cycling and Coffee café at 26 Keymer Rd, Hassocks BN6 8AN ready for a prompt 10.00 departure. 

This will be a ride of roughly 50 miles with some longer and steep sections in the middle near Balcombe.

After about 30 miles, we'll have lunch at Jo.Co's Portuguese Café at Hope Cottage, Bramble Hill, Balcombe, Haywards Heath, RH17 6HR (where the old Balcombe Tea Rooms used to be). A table has been booked and last orders for food are at 13.45.

Bring a picnic lunch if you prefer, and find a nearby spot to eat it. 

You can get the train home from Balcombe if you wish, as long as the trains are running. Do check!

We'll continue to ride after lunch to Shoreham-by-Sea where the Cycling UK ride ends. Make your own way home from there either by train or cycling.

If time allows, please let the Ride Leader (Andy) know you're coming via the email link at "Contact details".

If you plan to come on any of our rides, please make sure your cycle is in a roadworthy condition. Bring a puncture repair kit, spare inner tube (or as appropriate for tubeless tyres), essential tools, a mobile phone if you have one, snacks and enough to drink, sunscreen/waterproofs/warm clothing as appropriate. Please follow Cycling UK guidance, and check with the ride leader about the distance and hilliness of the ride if you are unsure. See "Contact details" below. Please be prepared to give contact phone numbers at the start of a ride. Let the ride leader know if you have a medical condition that might affect your ride.