Gary Yeates will lead a ride from Wroughton on Sat 23 November. Meet at the Ellendune car park, Barrett Way, Wroughton SN4 9LW (next to health centre) ready for a 10am start. The route is 25 miles with about 445m of ascents/descents. Although not strictly ‘novice-friendly’, this will be ridden at a relaxed pace and […]
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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Tom Scott will be leading a novice-friendly ride of approximately 20miles. From Coate Water, the ride will take in Foxhill, Liddington Hill, Ogbourne, Smeathes Ridge, Barbury Castle and Chiseldon ferore heading back to Coate. This is a reasonably hilly route, but as usual no one will be left behind.
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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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Our Ladies Officer Sharon will be leading a ladies-only ride at the ever popular Ashton Court and Leigh Woods trails in Bristol. All the trails here are graded blue, with optional trickier bits – basically this means there is something suitable for every level of rider. Meet in the car park at the golf course (map here)
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words and photos by Tim Norris (Read more by Tim here) We had a great ride yesterday around some of my local trails and tourist attractions. Roundway Down, Beacon Hill and Morgan’s Hill are local nature reserves and popular walking spots with stunning views on a clear day. It wasn’t the nicest day for views
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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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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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