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I always thought Dorking town centre suffered massively from having the A25 run up the High Street. I'm not a traffic engineer, but think that perhaps an opportunity was missed to reroute the traffic years ago, perhaps when the M25 opened, along Ashcombe Road.
DG may have used the Mole valley Trail - or even walked over Boxhill - but I think he'd have mentioned it.
My money is on him having finally done his long-promised trip on the 465?
Jack Hopkins - and also the road (A24) being named Deepdene Avenue.
Lorenzo - yes, an advantage Leatherhead has over Dorking is that it's not plagued by traffic. Crossing Dorking High Street is usually a nightmare, and the whole place becomes a car park very often. It's always unpleasantly busy at rush hour.
Rather than go to an 'obvious' viewing point like Box Hill, I looked at the route map and figured - if I could get inside the loop - I could catch the riders on their outward journey at Weybridge and then nip over to Leatherhead to catch them coming back.
I didn't have any particular expectations about Leatherhead but arriving there was a real joy, for seeing the amount of enthusiasm the locals had put into having the race pass through their town. There was bunting in the streets, there were street entertainers including stilt walkers and magicians, there was a big screen TV, and the local bicycle shop was hosting a variety of themed special events. I was very pleasantly surprised. Of all the places I visited during the Olympics, Leatherhead will always stand out for me as my favourite.
I really vividly remember searching around Dorking Museum for a stuffed squirrel which I needed to find in order to complete a half-term challenge set by Surrey Museums Service to find the squirrel in all of their museums. We searched the little place for 30 minutes or more and then asked the lady at the desk who pulled it out from under the till. She had forgotten to put it out and we were the first ones to enquire after it.
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