Gary Palmer will be leading a ride in Randwick on the 30th of November. It will be about 13 miles, but if the weather is good Gary may add another couple of miles on. The ride should take about 2 hours, but may take longer if riders want to ‘muck about a bit!’ Although there …
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 …
Tom is currently at work planning a, like, totally rad, big phat bike ride (or like, whatever!) This ride will take in the best of Swindon’s urban single, double, gravel, tarmac and concrete tracks! Nothing too technical, relaxed pace, frequent stops if needed. Optional laps of Croft before and after! This will be a …
Words and photos by Gary Yeates I set off from home to the arranged start point at the Ellendune Centre in Wroughton with a mixture of anticipation and slight apprehension, as this was my first time to lead a ride. It wasn’t too technical a route, but was designed to link together some of my …
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 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, …
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 …
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.
