‘Tis the season for …
With a wet forecast, three maybe wise men + two others were tempted by the shortened loop ride. The advantage of a pre-published route was made clear as the leader found a flat tyre getting his bike out, and the subsequent tube change meant he was too late to make the...
No ice cream today
We were fortunate again this Sunday with a dry, sunny day after a wet and blustery Saturday - but with rather a cold start. Eight riders set off from the Square, via Podsmead and Tuffley on black-slick wet roads to Kingsway; however no ice was encountered, probably...
Catch the pidgeon
The face says it all! The two endurance brothers left Kings Square on their own, heading for Tetbury. At Brookthorpe, we were joined by Ian Cole and James Reeves. The four of us shared the wind out through Haresfield, Stonehouse and Kings Stanley out to Frocester....
A rose by any other name.
Apparently the Inuit language has about a dozen basic words for snow, and about ten more for ice, plus many other derived words and expressions to cover all the many forms these natural elements can take. For us cyclists it's the obsession with getting up hills that...