Hazel’s Henge Heart-Raiser
Unfortunately, this ride has been changed. The ride may run later in the year. For now, it has been replaced by Hazel’s Monumental Ride.
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Mountain Bike ride
The Beast of Barbury – 11th Jan 2015
The hard Tom Scott will be leading this hard ride. There will be at least three hard climbs up to Barbury Castle and another two major climbs elsewhere. This will be a real test of endurance and not for the faint hearted, but if you’re hard enough then this is for you. There will be
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MudTrek Weekend – 27th – 29th June
MB Swindon member Anthony Holmes organised another weekend away at Wales’ finest: Mudtrek. Here’s his report: “Nine people finally assembled at MudTrek on the Friday evening. Tom of course chose to be different and arrived at about 0830 on the Saturday morning. His final message from the previous evening being “I’m having a lie down”!
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CANCELLED – Small Grain Saunter
Update – Thursday 5th June Due to a change in circumstances, this ride has now been cancelled. Apologies for any inconvenience caused. Starting at the Small Grain Picnic Site between Devizes and Calne, Tim will be leading a not so technical, 35km route with around 450m climbing around Cherhill and Roundway Down. Taking in some
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Ladies Swinley Shenanigans – 25th May 2014
10am meeting outside the visitor centre The ride will be led by Swinley master Ania, who will take us through the forest to forage for food and cut up the trails for cake! We will start at the visitor centre and the ride will be around 4-6hrs depending on how tired we are. We will
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Swinley Forest Guided Day out – 25-05-2014
Mike West from Swinley Forest Mountain Bike club is going to take us on a tour of the trails with a bit of off piste chucked in. MBSwindon’s Gary Palmer says: “I’ve been round Swinley with Mike before so I know it will be a great day out, the girls are going to be there
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White Horse to Wantage – out and back
Tom Scott will be leading a Ridgeway ride to the east of Swindonia. This will not be a technical ride, just a bit hilly. It is ideal for novices due to the non-technical nature of the route and relaxed pace we’ll be riding at. There is a charge for parking at the Uffington White Horse
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Richard’s Rasher Run
On Saturday 18th January, Richard Ford will lead a novice friendly ride starting from Barbury Castle. At 21 miles, it will be a slightly longer route than most novice rides, taking in the Ridgeway, Aldbourne and a couple of cracking local descents. There are a few hills, but as usual we will wait and
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Muddy Tom’s ‘Bring a Coate’ ride
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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Ride Report: Gary’s Tetbury Trundle
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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