Summer Handicap
It's nearly summer (allegedly) so it's time for the 2010 Summer handicap race! With the long evenings back in fashion this handicap is on a Wednesday night (30th June) with an optional meal and drink afterwards for a fiver in the Seahorse Public House near Stokes Bay. The course is detailed below and the aim is to finish as close as possible to 7.30 pm. The distance is about 5 miles. Usual rules apply - no GPS, watches, hidden clocks, asking strangers the time or other blatant, scandalous cheating! Prizes for closest male and female to the 7.30pm finish time.
For £5.00 per head the Seahorse PH will put on sausage, chicken and chips, or a veggie option in a buffet arrangement. Also included in the price is a drink i.e a pint of Fosters or John Smiths or a small glass of wine or a soft drink etc, (any Del Boy specials will cost you a bit more!). The Seahorse has been refurbished recently and is now quite smart, if the weather is nice there is also a patio area that we could use. If you would like to take advantage of this super summer meal deal you must notify Paul Hammond pjh669q@btinternet.com as soon as possible but by 28th June at the very latest. If applicable, please tell Paul if you want the veggie option. Friends and family welcome!
Back to the handicap itself - as they say in the west country - yer tis -
Start at the barrier in the lay-by at Bay House School keeping the school on your left.
Proceed down Gomer Lane to the roundabout then to Stokes Bay, once at the bay keep to the footpath on the sea side. Follow the path all the way to the lifeboat station; go past the station onto the gravel track. Follow the track towards Fort Gilkicker, at the fork keep right and go anti-clockwise around the fort. Turn left at the glide board and follow the track to the path that takes you through the golf course, keeping the moat on your right.
BEWARE OF GOLF BALLS IN FLIGHT AND STOP IF REQUIRED
At the end of the path turn left onto Fort Road then right into Monkton Road. At the end of Monkton Road turn left onto Clayhall Road, the RN Cemetery should then be on your right. After a short distance turn right onto the cycle track/footpath that takes you over Stoke Lake; once over the bridge turn left onto Little Anglesey Road.
At the end of Little Anglesey Road turn right onto Anglesey Road then left into Green Road, at the end of Green Road dog leg left then right into Village Road; follow Village Road to the cross roads with Jellicoe Avenue; go straight across onto Western Way.
After passing both entrances to Kennedy Crescent turn left at the black railing fence into Stanley Park; follow the path straight on until you get back to Stokes Bay via the car park at the Alverbank Hotel.
Once over the entrance bridge turn right onto the grass and head towards Browndown; up to the roundabout and back to Bay House School.
Simples.
Tim Sullivan.