National Hill Climb results
The Open event was won by Ed Laverack of Assos UK team in 14.32. Fastest Lady was Illi Gardner of Cardiff Ajax with 17:31. Just for comparison, the fastest ascent on the day was by a 16 year old in the Decathlon development team in 14:31 Club rider's results were:...
Heigh-Ho!
I thought that heading for a colliery would be a good excuse to base this write up on the only other famous miners I could think of. Close inspection of the above photo however will show that there were ten of us, and although there are plenty of obvious candidates to...
Gone with the wind
On a very blustery day after two major storms in recent days, we were lucky, I’d say, to have a reasonable day, considering the rain of the preceding week, with today having some sunshine and little prospect of precipitation. Only seven riders were keen to take the...
Which way does the wind blow at the North Pole?
With a stiff westerly wind, we took the obvious option of getting the battle out of the way early, in the hope of sailing home from the café. As I have used the A40 to head west recently, I decided to use the A48 to get to Flaxley. I had forgotten what an unpleasant...