Club Ride Diary
Mid week ride schedule is now available
The new schedule can viewed and downloaded here. This year we have six events that qaulify for the Gibb Shield so there should be plenty of competition.
Sunny and scenic ride to Dursley
The first Sunday of March gave us one of the coldest mornings of winter this year, after a freezing-over in the night. Luckily the morning also brought with it glorious sunshine, which continued throughout the day! After some deliberation between the ride leaders, I...
Winter turns to spring
The commentator on Strada Biancha stated that they had had 4 seasons in one day. It was decidly wintery when we set off, with a frost even in the city. Consequently, we elected to go to Dursley via the gritted A38. After we cleared Quedgeley, the racing secretary took...
Flexible planning
A select group of 4 left the Square on a bright morning, heading for the Trumpet. The leader's dislike of Oaks Lane from Clifford's Mesne led him to try an alternative, climbing from Taynton to the Glasshouse, then the steep lane from the (closed) Yew Tree to the top...
Waterlogged lanes
11 riders left the Square on wet roads although the heavy rain had ceased. We took the canal towpath path to avoid the traffic and instead nearly tangled with fishermen's ridiculously long fishing rods. Stonebench had been flooded but the waters had receeded leaving a...
Dodging floods
Heavy overnight rain left a lot of surface water, more or less everywhere. Some adjustments were made to the published route to avoid known flood-spots, but there was no way we could avoid all. A large combined Fast/Tempo group headed south to watch the TT at...
Mr. B.: This Is Your Life
There’s been a lot in the news lately about failures of reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete but there were no such concerns at this morning’s destination, the Cotswold Coffee Bar - its lintel had no reinforcement at all and had been condemned, closing the café to...
Crossing the Motorway
Departing Café Chocolate just after noon, after an excellent service, four set off for lunch by taking advantage of an increasing tailwind, heading north to Bredon’s Hardwick. Here, feeling that was quite enough of going in the ‘wrong’ direction, we turned at the pub...
Steady ride to Tewkesbury
Mild temperatures and a dry forecast seemed to bring a lot of riders to the Square, but there were no newbies looking for an easy try-out, so Jim joined my ride. I believe there were 14 of us although I'm sure I counted 15 at one point - however we did seem to have a...
Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition
"Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition". I tried to cover up my confusion over the number of rides by using a quote from Monty Python, but the Captain must have expected it! Perhaps I will have to sit in the comfy chair now. A large tempo group split into two from...