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Sat Mar 3rd 2012

The Ramsbury Rampage!	3*

Leader: David Smith	Start Time: 1:00 pm	Start Location: OMH
Description: Well maybe not quite a rampage. A hilly route of just under 42 miles heading out of Wantage via Chain Hill, just past Farnborough we head across to Great Shefford, East Garston, Chilton Foliat and Ramsbury where we can restore our strength with tea & cake at Cafe Bella in Ramsbury (http://www.thebellramsbury.com/cafe-bella.html) before returning to Grove via Lambourn. Pace will be to suit the group. Although the evenings are getting lighter, bringing lights would still be sensible, just in case mechanical problems lead to a delay.
Riders: Bryan Charleston Chris Walters David Bridge David Smith Frank Schroer Janet Charleston Ken Pelton Neil Mowforth Nick Dunton Ursula Hallam Riders = 10 Report: A very good turnout for a blustery March day with a promise of rain. The car park at Old Mill Hall was packed as there was a dog show in the hall. Nine of us set off from Grove in sunny but blustery conditions and we picked up 2 more riders on the route. Picking Chain Hill as our exit from Wantage was possibly not a good idea, particularly in windy conditions. We seemed to have a head wind on the steep parts and a very strong cross wind on the nice swoopy bits. We were protected from the wind quite a bit as we headed down to Great Shefford and on to East Garston, however there was a quite heavy shower of rain on the way up to the Goodings. We had a puncture just outside Chilton Foliat where, as we were all quite wet, Chris kindly led the group to Ramsbury and the Cafe, while the ride leader stayed with the others to guide them to Ramsbury once the puncture was fixed. Chris and Ken decided to push straight on after reaching Ramsbury. Cafe Bella was every bit as good as the website promised and, to me, seemed very good value and is highly recommended for future rides. The sun came out again while we were in the Cafe and stayed with us for the rest of the ride. The route from Ramsbury via Whittonditch was new to me but was on pleasant, quiet roads and we all had a great descent down Baydon Road in to Lambourn and a straight forward return to Grove via Hackpen Hill, with various groups peeling off and heading for home along the way. Four of us arrived back at Old Mill Hall just as the dog show was finishing. A welcome to Claire on her first ride with CTC Wantage.
Distance: 69.20 km (43.00 mi)
Proposed Route: http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=356959"
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Tue Mar 6th 2012

Turbo training

Leader: Ginny Henderson	Start Time: 6:30 pm	Start Location: East Hanney
Description: 1 Hour, warm up, main set, cool down. Do as much or little as you like. Followed by optional core work, drinks , fruit and biscuits. This sociable session maintains or improves fitness. Some go very hard, some go easy, so you won't be left out if you're unfit, don't want a whole session or are really good! 4 spare trainers. Phone for info.
Riders: Amanda Seddon Ginny Henderson Jon Seddon Maurice Bawden Neil Warner Paul Jarvis Tessa Darley Tony Smith Riders = 8 Report:
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Tue Mar 6th 2012

Off-road Ride	2*

Leader: Robin Tucker	Start Time: 6:30 pm	Start Location: OMH
Description: Off-roading in the dark is an experience you must try for your cycling life to be complete! Knobbly tyres and lights required. About 15 miles up to the Ridgeway and back down again. Sometimes, by agreement on the night, we might go a bit further. Bright lights are required for off-road riding in the dark, and a rear light for getting home. I have 2 spare ones that I can lend so you can see if you like it before buying your own. Contact me so I know to bring them. Dark, cold and wet – we'll ride in any 2. But please let me know if you are coming so I can tell you if I decide to cancel due to really bad weather.
Riders: Chris Gray David Yearley Richard Anstis Robin Tucker Riders = 4 Report: Up to the Ridgeway by Goddards Brook. Down by Ginge singletrack. An excellent evening.
Distance: 22.53 km (14.00 mi)
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Tue Mar 13th 2012

Turbo training

Leader: Ginny Henderson	Start Time: 6:30 pm	Start Location: East Hanney
Description: 1 Hour, warm up, main set, cool down. Do as much or little as you like. Followed by optional core work, drinks , fruit and biscuits. This sociable session maintains or improves fitness. Some go very hard, some go easy, so you won't be left out if you're unfit, don't want a whole session or are really good! 4 spare trainers. Phone for info.
Riders: Amanda Seddon Jon Seddon Neil Warner Tessa Darley Tony Smith Riders = 5 Report: plus Ginny on feet
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Tue Mar 13th 2012

Off-road Ride	2*

Leader: Robin Tucker	Start Time: 6:30 pm	Start Location: OMH
Description: Off-roading in the dark is an experience you must try for your cycling life to be complete! Knobbly tyres and lights required. About 15 miles up to the Ridgeway and back down again. Sometimes, by agreement on the night, we might go a bit further. Bright lights are required for off-road riding in the dark, and a rear light for getting home. I have 2 spare ones that I can lend so you can see if you like it before buying your own. Contact me so I know to bring them. Dark, cold and wet – we'll ride in any 2. But please let me know if you are coming so I can tell you if I decide to cancel due to really bad weather.
Riders: Riders = 0 Report: No ride tonight - I was in London and others were away too.
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Sun Mar 18th 2012

Regular Wantage Ride	3*

Leader: Nick Dunton	Start Time: 9:30 am	Start Location: WMP
Description: Still winter conditions, so will keep this chiefly on good roads with a few short cycle path sections. Approx. 100 km. Lunch stop at one of the local garden centres, probably Newington Nurseries. No major hills although a couple of stiff climbs en route. Average speed c. 20 k.p.h. Lights recommended. Aiming to be back in Wantage by 4.30 p.m. for hot chocolate @ Costa. Leave Wantage eastbound on A417; Grove Park Drive; Haneys; Southmoor; Kingston Bagpuize; Appleton; Cumnor; Wooton; Abingdon; Sutton Courtenay; Appleford; Long Wittenham; Clifton Hampden; Golden Balls; Stadhampton; Newington; Warborough; Shillingford; Wallingford; Mortons; Aston Upthorpe; Blewbury; Upton; Chilton; Rowstock; Ginge back-route to Wantage
Riders: Nick Dunton Steve Swanton Riders = 2 Report: A select group of cyclists for this ride. Cold yet sunny morning’s riding, with a coffee stop in Abingdon. The cycle path between Didcot and Long Wittenham is being re-surfaced and will shortly be in excellent condition. Lunch at Golden Balls Notcutt’s along with all the grannies being given Mothering Sunday treats. Steve was suffering from a cold and a sore knee, so we abandoned the middle section of the ride to Stadhampton, back-tracking to Wittenham and over the Clumps to South Morton, then “Cercle de Didcot”. Hagbourne Hill was the only real climb of the day. Steve then led though the Harwell complex and on to the cycle path to Ginge. Back just after 3.00, amazing missed most of the rain showers forecast.
Distance: 88.00 km (54.68 mi)
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Tue Mar 20th 2012

Turbo training

Leader: Ginny Henderson	Start Time: 6:30 pm	Start Location: East Hanney
Description: 1 Hour, warm up, main set, cool down. Do as much or little as you like. Followed by optional core work, drinks , fruit and biscuits. This sociable session maintains or improves fitness. Some go very hard, some go easy, so you won't be left out if you're unfit, don't want a whole session or are really good! 4 spare trainers. Phone for info.
Riders: Ginny Henderson Jon Seddon Maurice Bawden Neil Warner Tessa Darley Tony Smith Riders = 6 Report:
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Tue Mar 20th 2012

Off-road Ride	2*

Leader: Robin Tucker	Start Time: 6:30 pm	Start Location: OMH
Description: Off-roading in the dark is an experience you must try for your cycling life to be complete! Knobbly tyres and lights required. About 15 miles up to the Ridgeway and back down again. Sometimes, by agreement on the night, we might go a bit further. Bright lights are required for off-road riding in the dark, and a rear light for getting home. I have 2 spare ones that I can lend so you can see if you like it before buying your own. Contact me so I know to bring them. Dark, cold and wet – we'll ride in any 2. But please let me know if you are coming so I can tell you if I decide to cancel due to really bad weather.
Riders: David Yearley Robin Tucker Riders = 2 Report: Only David and I were around, so we decided to start early. We rode up to the Ridgeway via Goddards Brook, then over the other side, up the next big hill. Then 2 brilliant twisty tracks back down. And up to the Ridgeway near A34. Under A34 and down to Prospect Farm and Harwell. It was all going so well until we heard the hissing. David had 2 punctures despite having tubeless tyres with latex in them. We reckon the latex had gradually run out in his several apparently puncture less months. We had a tube each, and thanks to borrowing a pair of pliers from a passing biker were soon back on the road. We got to Betterton and he got another flat! No tubes left. Tried to patch it, but it wouldn't stick to the tube due to latex. So David pumped and set off for Grove, and I set off for Steventon so I could get car if needed. It wasn't - we both arrived home at about the same time. Moral: if you run tubeless, carry 2 tubes!
Distance: 40.23 km (25.00 mi)
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Sat Mar 24th 2012

Saturday afternoon ride from Grove	2*

Leader: Glen Savegar	Start Time: 1:00 pm	Start Location: OMH
Description: 45-55km (30 - 40 miles) afternoon ride, with a tea stop, at a riding pace of ~18km/h (11-13mph). Not likely to be very hilly. This month we will ride out in a northerly direction, calling off at Eynsham for tea. Out- Old Mill Hall, Denchworth, Lyford, Fyfield Wick, Fyfield, Appleton, Eaton, Cumnor, Farmoor, Swinford Toll Bridge, (No charge for bikes!), Eynsham. Return- Stanton Harcourt, Northmoor, Southmoor, Charney Bassett, Denchworth, Old Mill Hall. We should be home well before dusk, but lights recommended in case of delays on route. Approx 34.5 miles.
Riders: Adrian West Andy Belcher Barry Gills Brian Hipwell Chris Walters Edith Hipwell Gez Cornish Glen Savegar John Stamp John Talbot John Tranter Steve Boreham Steve Swanton Riders = 13 Report: Spring had certainly arrived today! In fact temperatures would not have seemed out of place in mid summer! A bit of a busman's holiday really (being my occasional cycle commute to work!), but a lovely afternoon with excellent company. We were certainly blessed with end to end sunshine, and fab displays of daffodils as we passed through the countryside. A pleasant tea stop at Eynsham Emporium sitting in the courtyard, and then a gentle return via Stanton Harcourt on mostly quiet lanes (Just the occasional tractor and Porsche with its roof down), with a single ascent from river level at Newbridge. Even the short stretch on the A415 seemed pretty quiet today! Thanks everyone! Glen S
Distance: 57.20 km (35.54 mi)	Ride Details: http://ridewithgps.com/trips/558711
Spring is here at last...Water stop at Fyfield...Daffodils at their peak...Shame they are over so soon!
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Tue Mar 27th 2012

Turbo training

Leader: Ginny Henderson	Start Time: 6:30 pm	Start Location: East Hanney
Description: 1 Hour, warm up, main set, cool down. Do as much or little as you like. Followed by optional core work, drinks , fruit and biscuits. This sociable session maintains or improves fitness. Some go very hard, some go easy, so you won't be left out if you're unfit, don't want a whole session or are really good! 4 spare trainers. Phone for info.
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Tue Mar 27th 2012

Off-road Ride	2*

Leader: Robin Tucker	Start Time: 6:30 pm	Start Location: OMH
Description: Off-roading in the dark is an experience you must try for your cycling life to be complete! Knobbly tyres and lights required. About 15 miles up to the Ridgeway and back down again. Sometimes, by agreement on the night, we might go a bit further. Bright lights are required for off-road riding in the dark, and a rear light for getting home. I have 2 spare ones that I can lend so you can see if you like it before buying your own. Contact me so I know to bring them. Dark, cold and wet – we'll ride in any 2. But please let me know if you are coming so I can tell you if I decide to cancel due to really bad weather.
Riders: David Smith Frank Schroer Richard Anstis Robin Tucker Ursula Hallam Riders = 5 Report: Last of the "Winter" rides. David and Ursula joined two winter regulars. And we climbed the Ridgeway twice.
Distance: 25.75 km (16.00 mi)
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Written by : Frank

Posted on : April 18, 2012 at 10:44 PM

Weird, I am sure I was on this ride (and so were you Robin!). Had a puncture which was fixed with everyone lights following the proceedings. This was on a very warm day for the end of March and as the clocks were changed in the weekend before it so most of the ride was in the (twi)light

Sat Mar 31st 2012

Saturday Morning 3* Ride	3*

Leader: Richard Anstis	Start Time: 8:00 am	Start Location: OMH
Description: Not necessarily super-quick, but riding with intent at all times - 40-60km or 3 hours. Please contact Richard if you intend to ride.
Riders: David Yearley Richard Anstis Riders = 2 Report: A lovely circuitous ride to (and up) Uffington Hill. 42km in almost exactly 2hrs and back home before everyone else had finished breakfast. Hopefully, now that members know about it, more will want to join us next time.
Distance: 45.00 km (27.96 mi)
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Written by : Richard Anstis

Posted on : April 2, 2012 at 1:58 PM

A lovely circuitous ride to (and up) Uffington Hill. 42km in almost exactly 2hrs and back home before everyone else had finished breakfast. Hopefully, now that members know about it, more will want to join us next time.

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