Tempo ride to Kerne Bridge – a grandson’s view…

Tempo ride to Kerne Bridge – a grandson’s view…

I found myself unexpectedly leading the Tempo ride to Kerne Bridge, the original leader turning back at Newent due to tiredness. Once again I’m struggling for time so I got my grandson to help write the ride report, hope that’s okay. Grandpa met his three...

Nutty Notgove

Nothing to do with being a bit bonkers, apart from maybe the first climb of the day where the ride leader was heard to say “I still hate this bleep hill” to which he got “well you plotted it”, fair point! Anyway even after the first climb there...
A do-it-yourself ride report.

A do-it-yourself ride report.

My apologies but I don’t have much time today so I’m afraid you’ll have to work out what happened on today’s Tempo ride for yourselves from the pictures below. I’ll give you a few extra clues. The first picture was taken just north of...
So, what are we going to talk about?

So, what are we going to talk about?

Six Tempo riders gathered together in a shady corner of Kings Square. A single topic sustained the conversion; how hot was it going to be? The warm-up leg along the A40 to Birdwood was ticked off in surprisingly benevolent conditions, the sun having not really got...
Looking For Angels

Looking For Angels

The tempo ride set off for Sherston with seven riders, two of whom would have to pull off early due to other commitments, so from Stonehouse onwards we would proceed with five. The ride leader was wishing for wings ascending Selsey, watching the riders in front flying...