Merton CC Winter Solstice Ride

We’re going to take a short ride across South London to look at two interesting landmarks of Brixton: Herne Hill velodrome and Brixton Windmill.

The route will be around 14 miles.  We’ll head via Streatham and Norwood on the way there and Tooting Common on the way back, trying to stick to quiet and traffic-free roads as far as possible.

I don’t think there’s anything on at the velodrome at the time of our visit, but we hope that riding a pleasant route and seeing its location will encourage people from Merton to make use of a valuable local asset.  The windmill is great to look at and has a twinning angle with the windmill on Wimbledon Common.  We’ll try to find a cafe stop on the way round and a few of us will doubtless stop for refreshments on arrival back at The Sultan.