Club Ride Diary
No Time to Dry (with apologies to Ian Fleming)
With the forecast being for heavy rain, accompanied by squally winds, and this being correct, a limited turn-out was anticipated. Despite the damp conditions 005 regulars turned out – clearly three had nothing better to do and two were the ride leaders. Perhaps others...
Kite flying in the Cotswolds
A tight group of nine set off into a stiff breeze, taking in the usual climb of Nut Hill and Fiddlers Elbow. At this point one rider decided to find a flatter route to Chedworth, so the remaining eight pressed on to Brimpsfield and enjoyed wonderful road surfaces to...
Costa del Sol it was not. Welcome to Colwall in the rain.
Although the forecast was dry, Sunday started damp after the overnight rain as we made our way to King's Square, and consequently, numbers were down. The leader of the faster-paced B ride, fresh from the southern coast of Spain, must have been disappointed with the...
Berkeley – Hunt for the hills?
Our A ride, nice and flat, took seven riders on a winding route to the South Gloucestershire town of Berkeley. Roads were quiet, which made for a pleasant experience, and we were untroubled until just out of Stonehouse when one rider had the misfortune to break a...
In celebration of Il Lombardia…
...we had planned a ride though the seasonal falling leaves. However, the recent spell of warm weather (everyone was wearing shorts! In October!) has delayed the onset of autumn. The opportunity of taking a bridle path through Westonbirt Arboretum to enjoy autumnal...
A Dynamic Ride
Six riders left King’s Square, and were joined by a further three in Tibberton. One rider lost a bidon on Huntley Road which really has an appalling surface, not dissimilar to the Arenberg Trench, which is quite an apt reference on the day of the Hell of the North....
B ride to Broadway
Eight members made up the second group riding to Broadway and they set off at a brisk pace. As it was nearly 30 miles to Broadway Tower to get there for eleven was ambitious. Leaving the City was frustrating as the traffic lights were either at red, or changed to red...
Last of the summer rides
The Vice Captain has been criticized for always using Castle Hill to get to Broadway Tower, so today, we used Ham Hill instead, which silenced the critics, to the extent that one rider quietly took himself up the Dowdeswell reservoir climb instead and played tourist...
Rain was no problem for the Club photograph
With a group photograph of the Club planned for the Cathedral precincts this morning a larger crowd than usual gathered and we took advantage of the steps to the cathedral's western door to tier the membership. Fortunately, rain forecast for the morning had come and...
The Open 25 was closed so we went to Newent
Today being the day of the Club's Autumn open time trial we would normally have enjoyed coffee and cake at the event HQ, rubbing shoulders with the combatants and applauding the winners, but because the event was held under "no touching" rules these were not on offer....