Words and Pictures by Kristian Price Friday Night So this was it, the weekend of the Purbecks camping trip, or as the Top Gear boys call it, ‘tenting for medieval peasants’. The last time I had been camping was over 20 years ago, and whilst I had a few bits of camping equipment, it was […]
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By Tim Norris – copied from his blog. After 6 hours of riding and around 1200m climbing (occasionally on foot) we finished what turned into an epic ride at around 4.30pm. We gathered back at the cars in the now pouring rain and agreed it had been a tough ride with something for everyone. The
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On a chilly Saturday morning, about twenty riders gathered in the car park of the Windrush Inn on the edge of Witney. There was a little bit of confusion as we worked out which club each rider belonged to (has anyone ever been on a ride where there wasn’t a first timer or two?) but
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Words and photos by Kristian Price This was a new ride for the club in the Devizes area. Despite living here for 10 years, it’s only very recently that I’ve found the bridleways and byways used on this ride. The Wiltshire Council Public Rights of Way website enables any user to view all the byways,
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Words and pictures by Tom Scott On Thursday the weather forecast was shocking. Overnight rain, followed by heavy rain, 8 degrees and a 15 mph south-westerly wind. The forecast improved a bit on Friday but still looked a bit iffy. Anyway, four of us (me, Graham B, Debbie D and Mark H, decided to brave it
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A Ride Less OrdinaryWords by Tim Norris (from his blog) / Photos by Daniel Smee and Kristian Price It was supposed to be a Novice Friendly ride. Richard Ford was leading his first ride for the club and was concerned that he wasn’t going to deliver something that people would enjoy. The ride went via
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Also available in slightly different form on Tom’s blog site. This was a twelve hour relay race organised by Gorrick and based at Minley Manor in Hampshire near Bracknell and Swinley Forest.The race ran from midday to midnight on Sunday 25th August. We were on site from Saturday lunch time to try and claim a
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Words by Neal Middlemore, pictures by Phil Loebl & Andrew Weaver The date: 18th August 2013 The time: 09:00 The route: Croft Trail > Marlborough > West Woods > Avebury > Croft Trail We left Croft at about 09:15, so just a minimum of faffing; we may well have broken Tim’s formula! We had twelve
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I had this idea: to try and do all my favourite bits in an area without going over the same ground twice. This proved more difficult than anticipated, but an evening with the OS map, a recce ride (which found some tracks impassable) and the route was sorted (route link is at the bottom of
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Words by Steffan James – Photos by Daniel Smee, Andrew Holland and Tom Scott This ride offered a choice of two starting points: riders could start at Foxhill for a round trip of about 25 miles, or join the group as they passed White Horse Hill in Uffington for a 15 mile ride. Not content
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