With two powerful lads on the front, the five tedious miles into the headwind to Westbury flew by, and allowed us to join the scenic lanes through Flaxley. Fine views towards Wales from the ridge to Aston Crews, the views continuing from the Linton Ridge. Before we...
10 riders left the Square, no wait the Cathedral, on a lovely warm morning. Heading out past Kingsholm we diverted off to take the quiet lane through Sandhurst to Twigworth. This meant a short stretch of main road to the Wainlodes turning where we reacquainted...
Twenty competitors out of a registered twenty-seven attended for our first open of the season, which took place in overcast weather with showers. There was plenty of comment about a well organised, friendly event! The win was taken by Tim Wood from Echelon Cycles,...
Even with the rain first thing, I had eight leaving the square. After a bit of waiting around on the climbs, three were dispatched to go on as the advance party. We saw them at the Goods Shed for coffee before they set off back ahead of us. The remaining five bimbled...
It would be fair to say that this ride was NOT uneventful…… Arriving at the square at 08:55 in the pouring rain I feared that there would be no one there, however I was pleasantly surprised to see that there was quite a reasonable number of riders who had braved the...
