Dodging floods

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...
Mr. B.: This Is Your Life

Mr. B.: This Is Your Life

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...
Crossing the Motorway

Crossing the Motorway

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...

Steady ride to Tewkesbury

Mild temperatures and a dry forecast seemed to bring a lot of riders to the Square, but there were no newbies looking for an easy try-out, so Jim joined my ride. I believe there were 14 of us although I’m sure I counted 15 at one point – however we did...

Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition

“Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition”. I tried to cover up my confusion over the number of rides by using a quote from Monty Python, but the Captain must have expected it! Perhaps I will have to sit in the comfy chair now. A large tempo group split into...

The Winter edition of Spokespiece is now available

The latest edition of Spokespiece is avaiable to view and download HERE. It features the first two candidates for the McLeod Trophy; reports on the Club’s tour to Marlborough and the Pollington’s tour of the Lincolnshire Wolds. It also has a review of our...