An early start at 8am proved to be fortuitous as the day was predicted to be a scorcher: indeed it was. Talk of curtailing the ride was considered, Yate being a reasonable way back in the heat of the day. Keeping options open, the Captain, standing in for the...
It was already warm at 09:00, as four of us left King’s Square. The training ride flew past us after Brookthorpe, but we weren’t tempted to try to draft them. The newly surfaced lane out of Haresfield was great, as we continued at a good pace with the tail wind to...
The runs planned for September through to December have been compiled by the Captain and a list is available for download HERE. Thanks go to all members who have volunteered as ride leaders. The rides are also listed in the Events Calendar and may be downloaded from...
Congratulations go to Dan Kelly and Kate Alderson, this year’s Club Champions at the 25 mile distance. Listening to the riders at the end it sounded like a ‘dead’ evening with very little help from the elements anywhere. Maisemore 25m (U72) 9th...
A clean dozen asembled with bikes of equal variety under cloudless sky in Kings Square and were soon heading briskly for Woolridge slopes before seeking the shady lanes of Murrell’s End. Crossing the Leadon for the first time before the seldom travelled...
Eight of the fast boys left the Square for a ride up into the Cotswolds on a very warm morning. We went out of Cheltenham past the reservoir to hit the first sharp climb up past Dowdeswell Estate. Onwards then, rolling up & down into Withington , then up the next...
