Club Ride Diary
A perfect spring day
The club group, amounting to ten to start with, took off south and made their way through Kingsway and over the M5 towards Stonehouse. All was going well to this point, when Paul had to head for home to change machines (a slow deflation, and keen not to catch a...
Spectacular countryside
Eight sport riders left the still unfinished King’s Square for the usual route to Brimpsfield and High Cross. A breakaway rider took some catching before Woodmancote, but he was caught, allowing the whole group to enjoy the beautiful lane through Bagendon. A second...
Dursley ride on the Tour weekend
Due to the Club Spring Tour a depleted number of six left the square on a lovely Spring morning. With a keen NE wind good time was made tracing the lanes through Elmore and Longney avoiding the temptations of Wholly Gelato and The Ship, Framilode, before we...
The dry spell ends with April, and May starts with a wet one
At last, but not well timed, rain! Cold rain. This delayed many riders from making the Square for the 9am start, even though the eight that were timely, waited a while. Several split rides took place: two heading for home; two heading south for a circuit; 4 for a...
Evanpoel joins the club ride to Dursley
In spite of absences for the Club Tour 6 intrepid riders left the Square for the B ride to Dursley. With a very brisk NE wind fast progress was made through Elmore, Longney and Frampton before a brief dalliance with the A38 to Cambridge. We took the right just after...
An excellent ride to Tintern, and a shorter alternative
Starting a little earlier than in some years an encouraging ten riders assembled at the appointed 8 a.m. to take full advantage of a mild, sunny, spring day. Leaving Gloucester behind the familiar sights of Bulley and the Flaxley valley with early bluebells and...
Easter Sunday Sunshine
Seven riders left King's Square on the faster Tintern ride, and took advantage of the light Easter Sunday traffic along the A40 to Birdwood, where we met our eighth member. A scenic, but hilly route through the Forest provided good shelter from the Southerly wind, and...
Early Ride to Chedworth and the Colne Valley
At 8.30 nine riders left early for Chedworth for coffee at the Roman Villa. They were escorted up Nuthill by a rider on a Moulton. It must have been easy for him as he didn’t stop talking. The fairly recently resurfaced lane from Brimpsfield to the A419 was a delight...
Summer runs lists now available
The listings for Sunday and mid week evening rides are updated through August in the calendar. Downloadable and printable versions are available at the links below or on the Ride Schedule page Midweek rides Sunday rides
A cold day in April for the A ride to Upton
A very cold morning for April: 0 degrees Celsius and the possibility of ice. This so concerned the leader that he came down to the Square to advise that he was declining to ride and recommended keeping to the main roads to start with. We found a volunteer to lead and...