Words and photos by Richard Ford Surprisingly, this was the first MB Swindon ride since February to start from Barbury Castle. I rode from there a lot in the summer and the planned ride was a slightly longer version of one of my favourite evening loops. I was the first person to arrive at 9:30am, […]
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Word by Tom Scott Photos by Daniel Smee and James Roberts Twelve of us gathered at Croft trail. Some of us had done a lap – or at least a bit of a lap – and at the stroke of 10 it rained very briefly. We rode up through Croft woods to
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Photos from MBTom.co.uk. The Real Ale Wobble is a well known annual mountain bike event that’s organised by Green Events. Several hundred riders set out into the wilderness of mid Wales and return several hours later covered in mud, wet, smiling and after visiting several beer stops en-route. We had four riders from MBSwindon there (Gary
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Words and Photos by Phil Allum Back in February we rode this route in freezing conditions, with rock solid frozen ground. In the summer, Richard Ford took us around parts of it in lovely warm, sunny conditions. With the lack of rain, the ground had been baked hard by the sun. But today, a mild November day,
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This was a one day first aid course organised by MBSwindon and taught by Wiltshire Ambulance Service Ltd (formerly Wolverest Group). The course was held at the Wiltshire Ambulance training centre in Swindon. The format was a mix of presentation, demonstration, hands on trials and discussion. There were two assistants for some of the demonstrations whilst for
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Words by Tom Scott Photos by Fluffy Stockings Twelve brave souls gathered for a ‘Novice Friendly‘ ride of some 20 miles along the Ridgeway. I planned this ride for 3 reasons: 1) As a recce for the Dawn to Dusk ride on 21st December, 2) Because my previous Western Ridgeway ride had taken the
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by Anthony Holmes (photos by Tom Stickland & Jay from Mudtrek) Is spite of a distinctly unpromising weather forecast ten of us finally assembled at MudTrek on Friday evening. Paul and I stopped off on the way for a spin round the Brechfa Blue/Green option to loosen up our legs for the main event on
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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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Our fourth fund raising curry night was a great success. We had around 50 people turn up to stuff their faces at the curry buffet. There was great interest in the raffle and we sold £500 worth of tickets on the night! See the raffle prize list to find out who won what. Photos from our
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Words and pictures By Gary Palmer On the way to the start point at Tetbury, I pulled over to take this picture. It looked like a promise of a nice day – a bit chilly though. I’d had a look on Facebook and it didn’t look like too many people would be turning up. A
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