Three gathered at the Square in cool but dry conditions. We were soon joined by a fourth rider on the ascent to Highnam. From here it was on familiar lanes to the steep ascent of Glasshouse – a taste of things to come. The descent to Aston Ingham is as poor as usual...
The ten riders were keen to get started, and it was a fast pace down the A40 to Birdwood. It all settled down in the lanes, caping up at Soudley and removing them again before Parkend. Descending “The Rocks” near Clearwell was interesting, but disc brakes...
The Magnificent Seven rode out of town, progress hampered not by gunslingers but by traffic on the canal towpath: cyclists, runners, walkers, dogs, pushchairs, and a mobility scooter. The Wild West it isn’t! Too eager to leave this traffic behind and get onto quiet...
Today was the final and hilliest day of the Tour de France Femmes. It was also the first road stage of the mostr brutally hilly of the grand tours, the Vuelta a Espana. To honour these two events, the ride leader picked a particularly brutal way onto the Cotswolds....
Ten riders left the Square and picked up a latecomer as we sought to avoid the roadworks in Cheltenham Road. The leader, in view of the tropical temperatures forecast, plotted a route avoiding hills, something well nigh impossible in the Cotswolds. He led the riders...
I have often said that you have to go uphill to get to Northleach, but I don’t think you have to go up as many hills as the tempo group did this morning. The constant succession of hills, coupled with narrow lanes meant that there was no opportunity for...
