The Bike Ride
On the 25th September 2004, 35 people will be cycling along the Downs Link from Guildford to Shoreham (approx 40 miles)
for our charity Georgie's Fund. This will be followed in the evening by a Disco at the pub with a buffet, raffle, penny drawer and Keith's famous Irish Bingo!
The group taking part in the bike ride is made up of regulars at The Black Prince Pub in New Haw and Tesco workers from the Weybridge distribution
centre. Sponsorship is based on the entire group completing the ride on a group basis, not individual. Tesco's have kindly agreed to lay on transport to bring the riders and bikes home. The Downs Link footpath and bridleway links the North Downs Way
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at St Martha's Hill, Surrey with the South Downs Way near Steyning,
West Sussex and on via the Coastal Link to Shoreham-by-Sea. Most of the trail follows former railway lines.
The railway was built in two sections. The northern part, was built in 1865 by the Horsham and Guildford Direct Railway Company went
from Guildford to Christ's Hospital. The earlier line built in 1861 by the London Brighton South Coast Railway ran between Itchingfield Junction,
near Christ's Hospital, and Shoreham-by-Sea on the Sussex Coast. Both connected at Christ's Hospital with the Mid Sussex Line to Pulborough,
which is still in service.
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