Club Ride Diary
When the President’s away, the Vice President will play
Following the rapid departure of the President, permission having been granted, the remaining seven set off after coffee, retracing towards Withington (home of the Basket Meal) up the Coln valley – quite splendid in the spring sunshine. At the crossroads three turned...
British Summer Time, at last
Mother's Day dawned bright and clear, tempting one towards summer clothing. However, knowing that yesterday we had a frost and today had lost an hour, caution prevailed. Eight riders, well wrapped up, started the ride and quickly became nine - British Summer Time had...
Someone has to be at the back
Seven riders set off at a brisk pace over to Leckhampton, although I was confident that would change once we started climbing, which was true for five of the seven. While Leckhampton Hill may have been accepted, Hartley Lane proved to be the straw that broke three of...
Too many Daffodils?
Another dull Sunday dawned, and pretty much stayed dull for the duration. Hey ho, back to November, but a bit warmer. Eight departed the square to join up with the President at Highnam. A quick spin down the busy Newent road to exit at the second opportunity, the...
Law of Diminishing Returns
Normally speaking the Law of Diminishing Returns would be where adding more of one input is no longer yielding a proportionate increase in output, however for the ride leader of this week's tempo ride it meant a diminishing number of riders returning with him as...
Daffodil B ride to Dymock
Ten riders set off in search of daffodils and went via Maisemore to avoid the busy Newent road. The sun was out but there was a cold NE wind to battle against. At Newent we took the Kempley road and began to see the wild daffodils until we reached Gwen and Vera's Wood...
Most unusual mechanical failure
A bright, but cold morning required a lot of layers, but was otherwise a perfect day for a trip into the land where they used to have a rugby team. Although it may appear an odd choice to some, the A40 is pretty quiet on a Sunday morning, particularly once you pass...
Ritmo sin los corredores habituales
There were two rides leaving The Square this morning and out of the 20 plus riders at the RV, six brave souls elected to join me on the Tempo ride. Our destination was Hayles Fruit Farm near Hailes Abbey. With several regular Tempo Riders enjoying the cold and wet in...
Look what a great weather forecast does
‘Well, what a great weather forecast does- we were blessed with a great turnout of fifteen riders this morning. Knowing that the first part of my ride followed the same route of town as the tempo ride we let them go, then left the city past Kingsholm. Soon, we took to...
It nearly felt like summer
Fifteen of us set off from the square on a bright (for a change!) but cold Sunday morning. We cycled down the Bristol Road and through Quedgeley and Stonebench and round the far side of the Elmore Longney loop. On reaching the Anchor at Epney we realised we had just...