Club Ride Diary
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...
Great Malvern on our first ride of this April
After a Saturday evening shower sub-zero start, caution advised a main road route for two riders (MG & KS) hoping for a sedate B to Malvern. After Hartpury dry roads encouraged more adventure, so Ashleworth and Corse Wood Hill soon gave way to Eldersfield. A brief...
BST strikes the ride to Lydney
Well, what can I say. Four riders left Gloucester, with the two ladies leading the ride with their Garmin's. The weather was cold, foggy and made that one hour less of sleep more annoying. Within a short time, one of the Garmin operators had a glitch. So, it was down...
Varied routes to Winchcombe
Five set off from Kings Square for the vernal or spring equinox “faster” B ride (on the first day astronomical spring), with Mr C ably leading the group. The first part of the ride route was cleverly designed to avoid closed bridges, following warnings of such...
When the Vice Captain’s away….
It all happens when he isn’t about! . A reasonable number of riders in the B+ group, left Kings Square. We enjoyed a tail wind to Colwall, with two official climbs. As we got nearer, we came across a lot of left turns with 2 miles to Colwall. Things were going...
Pop up A/B ride report
Volunteering to supplement the existing choices drew three supporters and so Maz, Sam and Jim joined MG on this spontaneous venture. With drizzle misting all in sight the rolling familiarity of Sneedhams Green and Brookthorpe briskly gave way to the Col de Stroud...
The sun smiled on us today
A beautiful spring-like morning saw a group of seven form for the B ride to Coleford. The strong southerly wind made for hard going on the descent, usually a fast one, from Highleadon to Tibberton. They spotted a damsel in distress (a Club member on the A ride to...