Club Ride Diary
Meet our vice captain, who had no mates in the Old Neighbourhood
With the rain forecast to clear early, we set off from King's Square without capes, but were all caped up by the time we reached Matson. Climbing out of Cranham, there was a mutiny. The ride leader was seen powering up the hill alone as everyone else on the ride took...
GCCC getting out more
Eleven riders were present at the ungodly hour of 08:00 to start the ride to Avebury. The usual route via Foston's Ash and Daneway to Coates was familiar, but after that, we soon entered the less frequented, and flatter lanes of Wiltshire. Coffee was taken at...
National Cycle Network added to online OS Maps
For all you users of Ordnance Survey maps there's some news of interest. The National Cycle Network has been added to online OS Maps. Details of the cycling and walking routes are available as a free layer on the OS Maps website. To view NCN routes on the OS website,...
Ground Force One takes off
Three rides today, with the Sports Ride cancelled in favour of the Three Cities. Malcolm G led one containing the President, making it Ground Force One in the parlance of USAF. Ground Force One accepted the mission profile of circumnavigating Bredon Hill before...
Flat roads make for a quick B ride to Tewkesbury
The warm weather brought a qood turnout to the Square, especially considering that the Sport ride had been cancelled to encourage participation in the Three Cities Reliability Trial. Three groups set off, the one led by Malcolm G contained the President making it...
A Tour of the North Cotswolds
Our Vice Captain promised some hills on his C category “Longest Day” ride and he didn’t disappoint those who followed him. Another group of older and perhaps wiser heads met him for the early start at the Square to declare their intent of following another route and,...
With the monsoon still clearing the country, I thought it was foolish to head to Wales…
With the monsoon still clearing the country, I thought it was foolish to head to Wales, but as I had advertised the ride, I had to go. Being a motor-assisted ride, two of us drove to Monmouth, to meet the third member of the group who clearly struggled with the...
Autumn tour date change
To avoid conflict with the Steve Taylor RR and because accommodation is fully booked on the planned weekend we have changed the tour dates to September 13th - 15th. Marie has kindly found accommodation but to secure these rooms we need to confirm by Tuesday 11th June....
The “Faster and Longer” B ride to Cirencester
The five riders taking the Vice Captain's "Faster and Longer" ride considered referred it to the Advertising Standards Authority, questioning whether it lived up to either of the keywords in its billing. However, it did make up for these missing ingredients with...
The first Club Rides of June
Captain's Report: After the early start Colin led a fine ride into a strong headwind to the official destination, Yate - the Antique Birdcage. A hard to find but jolly nice cafe. Caping up and off did take place and slowed the ride a wee bit, but we did not get...