So after riding home on the Brompton yesterday after dropping the ST off for its second annual service, I again trusted Apple Maps to direct me back to Group 1 and set off.
And yes, it was a different route with more roads, although avoiding the really major routes. An interesting route too, including the first stretch alongside the Blackwater River again, avoiding tree roots and brambles before emerging into a car park for the second road drag, which meant dealing with traffic and commuting car drivers. All of which went really well with nothing but courteous drivers slowing down and/or passing me with plenty of room.
Near to the end, I was directed into Farnborough Business Park which I went through easily … until the end at the back of the Village Gym: contractors were working overhead and had closed the footpath. Ah. Rather than retracing my route, I went right … and into some more vegetation through a small lunch picnic area and some lightly-trodden path through the trees. I eventually emerged through a hedge and across a planted border near to Group 1.
