Club Ride Diary
Beautiful views and excellent cake.
Firstly, I must apologise for the lack of a photo of the cake (a rich fruit cake topped with glacé cherries, candied orange, and almonds) but faced with a choice between eating it or photographing it I'm afraid I opted for the former. We started out with nine through...
Steady Ride Report Sunday 10 Nov
A mighty fourteen left the Square at 9am for the steady ride to Tetbury. Heading out to Matson we took the back lanes through to the lovely tarmac after Haresfield. It was clear along this route that with a couple of riders on recovery rides we were going to be a bit...
Large Peloton
With the fast riders joining us, a very large group, way beyond my counting abilities, left King's Square. We stayed together. at a brisk pace on the lanes through Saul. Frocester Hill split the group, as was to be expected, and we were joined at the top by an...
Circumnavigating Newent
Despite a very dull day, a host of riders were assembled at the square, with 14 opting for Emma’s ‘easy’ ride to roses, near Newent. We zipped along to Highnam and Tibberton for the quiet lanes to Taynton. Here a newcomer, finding the slopes a bit too hard, was taken...
The disappearing President.
The Club President has a reputation for disappearing and riding his own ride, but today he assured me that he would stay with the group. While I was suspicious that this may be a politician's promise, I was rather surprised when he left us in Maisemore. The...
A Magnificent Morning
A magnificent seven riders had assembled in the sunny part of the Square before 8:30 (feeling like 9:30 due to the clocks falling back overnight) but as we were thinking of setting forth more arrived and made a nice round number of 10. It was a fairly chilly start but...
Stunning autumn colours
A bright morning, with stunning autumn colours on the trees made for a very enjoyable ride. Some tough hills in the morning were followed by the great descent of the White Way into Cirencester. Good to see two riders take advantage of the option to change rides at...
All rides cancelled
With winds forecast to be gusting over 40mph, and rain, the planned rides for Sunday 20th Oct has been cancelled. Please take care if you go out in the morning, and watch out for floods if you wait until the afternoon.
Sunday 20 Oct
With a forecast of 40mph winds, and wet weather, combined with existing wet and flooded roads, Sunday's published plans could be subject to last minute changes. Please check on Website, FB or WhatsApp before heading to King's Square.
Disaster! Quick thinking required
Cold and damp weather did not prevent a good turnout at the Square, with nine choosing to join the President for a trip to Colwall. We endured the tedious A40/B4215 journey to Highleadon, suffering such heavy traffic that we required two courtesy stops to keep it...