A Good Day for New Gadgets

Eight riders arrived at the square on a typically cold wintery December morning. With the tempo group traveling to the same destination, we set off first to gain any possible advantage for the seats at the Bank café in Dursley. We made or way along Eastgate Street,...

Winter Solstice, marked by a short ride and mince pies

A day for the diary, for Toby’s route had been published beforehand! Calm your racing hearts, though, for it’s not a change of practice, but a consequence of his deputising the ride lead. Our newest vice President was briefed and duly created a GPS path....

Three Counties club ride

A sudden incapacity for the designated ride leader, our previous President, meant the Captain was called upon to lead. No time to post a new route, and upon checking the original plan, some alternatives were applied: I call this the ride leaders prerogative! Ten set...

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,...
Teamwork makes the route work

Teamwork makes the route work

An amazing ten riders set of on the ride in the wake of storm Claudia’s deluge. The autumn weather had been relatively kind but the inevitable change came with a vengeance. Considering the predictable disruption that the storm had caused, the Captain quizzed me about...