Club Ride Diary

Following an excellent route to Chedworth, led by Theo, three devotees set off for the allocated lunch stop at The Crown in Frampton Mansell. The initial narrow and lengthy climb to gain the heights of The Whiteway was hindered slightly by a descending driver claiming...

A sunny morning was enjoyed by the riders at the square who had turned up for the 8:30 start - 10 for the regular B ride and 4 ladies for the ladies option - regarding which, they were shadowing us as far as the Whiteway beyond North Cerney! Then they took the direct...

Fifteen riders left Kings Square on a glorious sunny morning. The group included two friends of Emma’s from the Netherlands, an American and an Englishman, both as guest riders.  They certainly chose the right weather and saw Gloucestershire at its best. The...

Following the club photograph, non-riding club members disappearing in various directions and a bit of milling around, eight members set off down Quay St, losing a ninth rider before the leader had identified those present, then via the causeway to Maisemore then...

Having avoided the rather pricy bacon sandwiches at the café, four riders set off into the spring sunshine. The route, made up largely on the hoof, took in some little used roads – little used by anyone as we hardly encountered a vehicle until Eastnor. First up was...

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...

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...