It nearly felt like summer

It nearly felt like summer

Fifteen of us set off from the square on a bright (for a change!) but cold Sunday morning. We cycled down the Bristol Road and through Quedgeley and Stonebench and round the far side of the Elmore Longney loop. On reaching the Anchor at Epney we realised we had just...
A (no) Novice Ride to Nailsworth

A (no) Novice Ride to Nailsworth

Another rainy Sunday, arriving at Kings Square I only saw one cyclist and he had his lights turned off, so I thought “he’s not keen to be going out today”. More people actually turned up so our band of six were looking for the novice rider but found...
Circumnavigating Newent

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...

Novice ride with no novices

Sunday 6th October and the weather forecast was fair. I thought it was going to be a fairly sparse turnout for the published ride (A Novice) but “low and behold” there was nine experienced riders who opted to share the ride, so no pressure with the route chosen then…....
Two involuntary dismounts

Two involuntary dismounts

A grand sum of nine turned up for the easy ride to the race HQ at Maisemore. The route took us north through Sandhurst, selecting the right hand approach into the village. Evidence of the heavy overnight rain was abundant with much water and debris necessitating...