Two brave riders turned up for my ride to Charfield. We hadn’t left Gloucester before my first detour via Barton Street. All went well, apart from Carl saying he was going to do a steady ride (yeah right). I thought “this is going to be a tough...
The early start of 08:00 proved difficult, but six riders left King’s Square into the strong headwind. The Newent road was surprisingly busy, even at the early hour, at least to the M50 junction. Around Upton Bishop, the Garmin reported hill number 1 of 15, to...
Moderate (more like a B Route) to Ledbury. Ten riders turned up for the moderate ride, which was an unexpected surprise considering the number of great alternative rides the club was hosting today. The weather was quite sunny and warm at the time however this would be...
Taking advantage of quiet streets – the result of the 8:30 start, Gloucester 10 Km and the Tall Ships events – progress out of town was brisk. The dozen riders were soon through Podsmead and Kingsway and heading for Stonehouse with a gentle following...
A group of eight left King’s Square on a fine morning with a nice tail-wind, with a further two joining us in Stonehouse, as planned. Frocester Hill was our first obstacle, which was climbed at a steady pace, in anticipation of more to come. We didn’t have...
On what was predicted to be the warmest Sunday for a while, four riders set of on the published Novice ride to Nailsworth. On of the riders was a mere 10 years old (with his father I might add), who apparently after passing his “cycling proficiency test” wanted to try...
