Phil Allum’s popular ride returns for the third year in a row. Starting out with the first half of Croft Trail (Britain’s finest urban singletrack), this will head out towards the Malborough Downs, taking in some of Phil’s favourite climbs (there will be a fair bit of climbing on this route) and downhills. Terrain will be …
Tim Norris will be leading this ride around the historic town and World Heritage Site of Blaenavon. We will start with warm up and some gentle riding while taking in the sites of Big Pit and the Coity Tip trail before exploring the wider industrial landscape of Blaenavon. There will be plenty of photo opportunities …
Words by Tim Norris Photos by Hazel Ross and Ania Zielnik This weekend I finally got around to taking some friends (from Calne and MB Swindon) on a bike ride I have been planning for ages. I had a visit last year to Blaenavon and worked out a loop around the Blorenge and …
Phil Allum ran this route in August last year, so to mark the anniversary, he’ll do it again! Starting out with the first half of Croft Trail (Britain’s finest urban singletrack), this will head out towards the Malborough Downs, taking in some of Phil’s favourite climbs (there will be a fair bit of climbing on this …
Words and pictures by Gary Palmer I’d been looking forward to this one – a nice gentle amble through some nice Cotswold scenery. It did have a few issues; firstly, the funny people in lycra decided to start their Sportive at the same place that i had decided to start, and then Princess Anne goes …
