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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
