Led by Hazel Ross, Words by Debbie Davies 17th April, 13 Miles Hazel had managed to arrange the most amazing weather for her ride. We congregated in the car park of the Divine Café next to Cherhill village for a 10.30 start. The cars just kept coming, finally making us a crew of 12. A fabulous turnout […]
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By Sarah Bailey Whilst loading up my car, it was a lot foggier and colder than I was expecting so I wasn’t envisaging many ladies turning up. However, on my arrival at Barbury Castle, there were already 3 hardcore ladies there. By 10 am, there were 9 of us raring to go – with me
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Words and photos by Debbie Davies As I listened to the rain all night and awoke to even more, I had to question the wisdom of Winter rides. My bed seemed the more sensible proposition at this point. Six of us met at the Lydiard Park Cafe. Two of our group had already cycled half
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Words and Photos by Debbie Davies By 10am, beside the lake at Coate Water, we had amassed 9 ladies ready to set off and tackle a rather wet, muddy Ridgeway ride . I was very impressed that so many had made the effort, as it hadn’t been the best biking weather lately . We set
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Words & Photos by Debbie Davies Having recce’d this ride on three occasions in beautiful weather with wonderful long distance views and wildlife abounding, it was a shame that the morning of the event itself was looking somewhat less promising. Worse still, it was threatening to get much worse. Five ladies and myself gathered outside
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Ride Report by Debbie Davies: Ladies rides are famed for their good weather, warm breezes, sunlight, everything that creates that feel good factor as you pedal away from the meeting point. So as I left my house on the first day of Summer destined for the meeting place at Lydiard Park Cafe, I was a
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Words and photos: Debbie Davies So the day starts at Barbury Castle car park with Sarah , Caroline, Sharon, Kat, Kaye, Iryda and myself and the usual discussions of what is the best coat to take . We leave those tyre pressure conversations to the men. An overcast sky greeted us as we set off
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Bristol Oktoberfest is an 8 hour race event that’s held at Ashton Court near Bristol. This event and the Bristol Bikefest are very popular with the club. This time we had 28 riders present plus 2 riding for Wiltshire fire service. We also had a renegade rider with Dorset Rough Riders who was wearing an
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Ladies Ride – Forest of Dean 25/05/13 By Sarah Bailey As always our ladies officer, Sharon Bassindale, arranged for glorious weather for the ladies ride in Forest of Dean. Unfortunately, Sharon was unable to attend – something about acrobatics gone wrong! The job of back marker, I mean ride leader, fell to me. To
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MBSwindon Beauties Brechfa Weekend By Sharon Bassingdale Day 1 After much planning, much last minute faffing (glad you could join us Kate and Meredith) and much excitement (well, maybe that’s just me then!) the MBSwindon Ladies Weekend to Brechfa was finally happening! The ladies left from Swindon / Warwickshire / Highworth / Faringdon at various
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