Four ladies left the square, feeling perhaps this was the last ‘ladies’ ride’. Though later decided we would run it again in a different capacity. Both riders who had the course on their Garmins, discovered the route was going to take us on every...
Stroud Road provides a fast, and traffic-light free route out of Gloucester, and is reasonably quiet on a Sunday morning, which allowed the group to form up, and find a tempo to work at. This lasted until Frocester Hill, where the group split, with our Welsh mountain...
Eight left the square for the 26 miles to Tewkesbury. A short delay at the first bridge for a collector of bike bits to rescue some treasure – turned out to be genuine rubbish. The route was clockwise route, in the lanes, heading north west to Redmarley via Hartpury....
Clear skies and bright sunshine generated an exceptional turnout this Sunday, with over forty riders showing up at the Square. As usual, we divided into a number of manageable groups, chosen roughly on the basis of riding speed. Many enjoyed a good ride north, despite...
After a false start without water bottle requiring a double back, the novice ride leader arrived at the Oxbode just in time to lead a group of 11 along Barton St and up Painswick road. A right turn at Matson and then via the lanes with their little ups and downs to...
The pre-ride advertising of “fair and frost-free” may have applied in the Severn Valley, but up at Foston’s Ash, we were in a cloud that was so thick, it was hard to see the front rider from the back of an 8 rider peloton. It proved too much for the...
