Club Ride Diary
Blossom and Bluebells
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...
Tetbury in the rain
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...
Managed to find Newent, despite technology issues
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...
Limited gravel on the way to Dursley
When I saw Dursley on the rides list, I thought that would provide plenty of gravel options. However, after the recent wet weather, a reconnaisance of Folly Wood showed it to be impractical, so the gravel options on the way out were fairly limited. The old railway...
Ride leader develops selective deafness
On a fairly cloudy 23/04/2023 Sunday morning seven riders (and myself), set out for “the Bank” in Dursley. We took a steady ride up the Painswick Road in great spirits, turning right just before the motorway flyover on Corncroft Lane to Brookthorpe. When we came to...
Ride to Chedworth
With an early start at 8:30 there were not many members at the Square as departure time approached, but a few more appeared on the cusp and made it a round dozen. The day was cloudy, as forecast, and a little chilly but it stayed dry with a slight wind from the east....
Ride descriptions
In the hope of reducing confusion, the committee has updated the descriptions of our Sunday rides as follows: Novice (AA) An open invitation morning ride at an easy pace on quiet and flat minor roads; typically 18 to 25 miles to coffee, 35 to 40 miles round trip....
A grand day out
Dawn's bright and sunny pink-tinged sky had given way to overcast by the time four riders gathered for an 8 a.m. start in Kings Square. First glimpses of a shrouded Forest from Tibberton added chill to the already fresh breeze as Birdwood sped beneath our wheels....
Perfect day out
Eight left the square, and it soon became aparent that we had two racehorses with us. We let them go at Birdwood, and settled down for a relaxed pace. Although the weather wasn't as sunny as forecast, the forest looked stunning with spring growth. Even the climb up to...
Water, Water Everywhere
Forty eight members turned up in Kings Square for various rides and not one had expected the rain that met them. Undeterred they split up into appropriate groups with eight going on the AA ride to Tewkesbury, the weather and flooding convinced the leader to keep to...