This was a fund raising social night. The Bombay Lounge restaurant at (Steve) Peatmoor and Swindon Link magazine offer community groups, charities and good causes the chance to raise money whilst enjoying a great curry. Lounge owner Hanif Robani committed all of his profits on the night from the restaurant, take-aways and home deliveries to […]
Eating report: Curry night Mon 11th Oct 2010 Read More »
Rhayader Nant Y Arian Words and photos by Pete Ratcliffe. It was a very wet, miserable 7am when we left Swindon. Arriving at Rhayader in mid Wales 2.5hrs later it wasn’t much better! The original plan had been to follow a route over the hills round Rhayader. The clouds were very low and looked to
Ride report: Nant Y Arian 3rd October 2010 Read More »
This was a solo trip to some trails in the North of England on a bit of holiday I took after a work trip. I thought it would be worth writing a review of them. See our trail centre map for more trail locations in the UK. Friday 24th Sept 2010 – Kielder Saturday 25th
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This was an event organised by Sustrans (the cycle eco warriors). It offered a 56 mile route (90km) and a 26 mile route (42km). It used a mixture of Sustrans off road trails, roads and some cross country on bridleways. The event started at the Create Centre in Bristol with over 150 riders registering between
Ride report: Sustrans Cheddar adventure 11th Sept 2010 Read More »
See our page about “Novice Friendly” rides. Sunday 5th Sept 2010 This ride had an amazing turn out, with 30 riders in the Pedalabikeaway car park at 11am. About a third of these were true novice riders, the rest obviously just fancied a ride in the forest. We used a fair amount of the family
Ride report: Forest of Dean novice friendly 5th Sept 2010 Read More »
MBSwindon North Wales Trip August 2010 This was a four day trip to North Wales. Route maps Google Map|OS Map|GPX file. Friday 27th Aug 2010 Most people arrived at the Llyn Gwynan camp site near Beddgelert on Friday. An evening trip was made to Coed-y-Brenin for a ride. We had 12 happy campers by midnight.
Ride report: North Wales weekend 27-29th Aug 2010 Read More »
We did a 30 mile route over the ridgeway, starting and finishing at Barburry Castle. We expected rain, but got nothing worse than a bit of drizzle. It was really warm anyway.
Ride photos: 30 mile ridgeway route Sat 21st Aug 2010 Read More »
Wyre Forest is located West of Kidderminster. It has a lot of really good natural bike trails on the steep sides of the valley. We first visited the area a month or so earlier on a Wyre Forest MTB Club ride. We liked it so much that we asked local rider Sarah Peters if she
Ride report and photos: Wyre Forest 15th August 2010 Read More »
Cwmcarn is one of the big name trail centres in Wales. It’s located a few miles North of Newport. There’s a 14km (8m, 13km according to Google map) cross country route called the Twrch trail as well as a 1.4km downhill track. Both trails have around 400m of descent. The cross country route is steep
Ride report: Cwm Carn 17th July 2010. Read More »
This was my first visit to the Spirthill Trails. I’d heard mixed opinions about the quality of the riding, so I was keen to find out for myself what it was like. Due to hangover commitments the organisers (no, just you Tom – Phil) adopted a “just in time” policy regarding time of arrival. There
Ride report: Spirthill Sun 4th July 2010 Read More »
