Gloucestershire entered Tier 3 restrictions on Boxing Day. The club has been trying to assess the impact of this on cycling. We may cycle in groups of up to six, in our own area and into some other areas, including tier 2 Worcestershire and Herefordshire, but we are...
For the last Sunday ride before Christmas the sun came out, highlighting a full rainbow against dark clouds to the north. A good turnout of riders meant two B rides as well as an A ride and the sports ride left the meet at Kings Square. In the A ride, five set off in...
Four set off on the B ride to Hopewell Colliery, enjoying the renewed sociability of the rule of six. As they left King’s Square on a bright and cold morning, the worries were about ice. We lost one rider with a pre-existing injury at Aston Ingham then, after...
From today the lockdown rules change again, and Gloucestershire, along with most neighbouring counties, enter “Tier 2”. Under these restrictions, we are allowed to meet outdoors and ride in groups of up to six. However, we believe that we will have to remain outside...
The UK government has announced New National Restrictions from 5 November that will apply in England. These include the phrasing “You must not leave or be outside of your home except for specific purposes. These include: to exercise outdoors or visit an outdoor...
We were all looking forward to trying “The Nuttery” in Notgrove, as we had received good reports. Six riders set off from King’s Square up Nut Hill, Fiddlers Elbow, and Buckholt Road to Birdlip. However, the forces from the crosswind on the wheels...
