Club Ride Diary
Birds & Bridges (and Gospel Pass)
I have long expressed the view that times starting with an "8" are far too early for cycling, and the Cockeral at Birdwood obviosly agreed, giving his customary morning greeting as we cycled past. A well disciplined group shared the wind and kept the speed down on th...
Club Steady B ride to Berkeley
The ride left the Square via the Park to avoid the roadworks in Southgate Street. We followed a bus along Seymour Road leaving it at Tuffley Avenue only to meet it again on Podsmead Road. It was then the traditional route via Haresfield and Frocester. The views were...
Spring edition of Spokespiece is now available
The latest edition is available to view on the Spokespiece page of the site. You can download a copy from there or here. Articles this month are: Albania Club route collection Abergavenny Tour Close passing A record breaker’s season Centre Court and back Helmet safety...
Heat Wave?
Martha Rees and the Vandellas, not to mention the Met Office, forecast a heat wave so short sleeves should have been the order of the day. Or not, after I stepped outside and felt the 10°C wind chill, A quick retreat and clothing adjustment readied me for a brief...
Novice ride to Tewkesbury
The first day of Summer and the weather forecast was cloudy with a moderate south westerly wind but no rain, as the previous week was very sunny and warm that was about right for this ride. At the square I noticed a couple of riders who I had not seen before, I was...
Snatching Victory From The Jaws Of Defeat
Well after months of very settled weather it was all change and as I rode in towards town the squall that hit me was very off-putting - sudden rain, with gusts of wind that almost had me off and certainly delayed progress - but I was heading west of course. Arriving...
1892 and all that
It's tempting to dwell on the difference between that original ride in 1892 and this one, a hundred and thirty-three years later; the bikes, the roads, traffic, communications, GPS, etc. But perhaps it's the things which have remained the same that are more important;...
Blue Skies
Rather than getting up in the wee small hours a good number of riders turned up for my ride to Hailes. Starting off with a rather annoyingly cool north/north easterly wind thought was given to those doing the 150 mile challenge. We made our way out via Staverton,...
Where we are going there are no roads
The glorious recent and forecast weather tempted three to explore off road alternatives to the Club’s road ride to Lydney. Two opted for an early (eight o’clock) start; the Social Secretary followed later. Had he been too social the previous evening? After a brief...
Spectacular scenery everywhere
Despite the excellent weather, there were only six takers for the tempo ride to Lydney Harbour. However, it was an excellent group size, and the group stayed together well. Although the A40 may look on the map to be a busy main road, it is probably the safest and...