Soggy mucky tempo/fast loop ride

After reviewing the weather forecast, I planned a route south mostly in the shelter of the Cotswold escarpment, with a coffee stop at Falfield garden centre. At the square, Jim Anderson-Fish provided me the latest weather forecast, assuring me that although there may...
Catch the pidgeon

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....

Fast ride out to see the parade at Wotton-Under-Edge.

Three3 strong riders left Kings Square and then we picked up a fourth at the 4 Mile House. Pacy riding through Haresfield, Stonehouse, Kings Stanley, Dursley and North Nibley got us to Wotton a little early. The parade was excellent and we were able to show our...

The fast and furious

Labelled as the ‘faster’ training ride, we set off from the square with five riders. We started off at a steady pace on a simple route up the A38 towards Tewkesbury. The route out to the Malverns was very pretty flatish and we averaged around 19mph for the first hour,...
Fast (training) ride report

Fast (training) ride report

Five riders left Kings Square a little after 8 a.m., as our sixth rider experienced a mechanical en route to the rendezvous. We picked up two more riders at Brookthorpe. We continued into the stiff SW wind through the foothills of the South Cotswolds via Haresfield,...