A novel start along Drymeadow Lane, past the fishing lakes and alongside Hatherley Brook demonstrated that even close to the city there is wildlife and gravel riding. Everone relaxed on recognising the A38 before the ride leader tested his new wheels on the Red Lion...
For the Captain’s third ride leadership on the trot (the previous two were emergency stand-ins) six brave riders turned up at the appointed hour of 8.30am. Not deterred by the health warning of hills to come! The hills are alive with the sound of…complaints! As...
The ride left the Square via the Park to avoid the roadworks in Southgate Street. We followed a bus along Seymour Road leaving it at Tuffley Avenue only to meet it again on Podsmead Road. It was then the traditional route via Haresfield and Frocester. The views were...
Well after months of very settled weather it was all change and as I rode in towards town the squall that hit me was very off-putting – sudden rain, with gusts of wind that almost had me off and certainly delayed progress – but I was heading west of...
Rather than getting up in the wee small hours a good number of riders turned up for my ride to Hailes. Starting off with a rather annoyingly cool north/north easterly wind thought was given to those doing the 150 mile challenge. We made our way out via Staverton,...
