A crowd of us set off on the Intermediate loop ride. I choose the term carefully, based on the well known saying that “two’s company, three’s a crowd”. Actually there was really only two of us, but as no-one turned up for the Tempo ride the...
Fourteen riders (yes, fourteen) appeared on a post storm Amy windy morning. The weather forecast being fine, but with a strong westerly, I thought it would be “a Billy no mates ride” but not so. The Captain offered to manage a respectable break in the group, and with...
Four braved Amy’s tail. Teeth were gritted and headed into a stiff cross head wind courtesy of the tail of storm Amy. With some good team work we made coffee by 11.15 where one of the team wanted his breakfast but wasn’t up for a 30 minute wait, so it was...
To celebrate 200 years of railways the Club B ride cycled to Gotherington to explore the station. Seven of us left the Square and immediately had to change route as someone wanted cash, but we were soon on the quiet lanes to Sandhurst and passing the much faded...
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,...
Feeling like “Billy No Mates” in the square, I had resigned myself to trying to cling onto the fast ride, when one rider asked “Are you running the loop ride”. What a relief! So it was that two of us set off for Cleeve Hill, and as it was just...
With steady stalwarts away on the Autumn tour only five riders, including one junior, set off from King’s Square along the tiresome A40 to Birdwood and the well travelled Chapel Lane. The day was cool but better than expected and the Flaxley valley and Abenhall...
It took some digging in my kit drawer to find kit warm enough for today, as it has been buried all summer. Arriving in King’s Square, I found that some were less well prepared than me as they moaned about the cold. Ten of us set off, with half intending to go...
The devised route for this ride was created with the anticipation of another Sunday drenching. The forecast was not encouraging at all, so there were many opportunities for short cutting back towards Gloucester in the event of deteriorating conditions. Thankfully...
Seventeen riders started the novice ride to Slimbridge. The ride leader would like to think it was because of his animal magnetism, however the truth was that they probably wanted to go on a ride and get home early before the forecasted storm blew in. There were a few...
