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2* Saturday Half Day Ride to Farmoor Reservoir B | 2* |
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Leader:Katherine Boyce |
Start Time:1:00 pm |
Start Location:OMH |
Description:This is a pre-bookable ride only. To book your place please text ride leader) no sooner than the Monday before the ride. Half day ride (55k / 35 miles), with a picnic / refresment stop at Farmmor reservoir (cafe there is open for takeaway, although I will probably bring my own refreshments) at a riding pace of 18-20km/h (11-13mph).(If the weather is looking horrible, I might change the route for eg a 25 mile option and skip the picnic stop) |
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Report:How exciting - an afternoon club ride after such a long time - and such a great take up! The weather led to a few very understandable drop outs (great they called it so early and let us know) but four of us were the first group out. By the time we reached the A415 to decide whether or not we were going to do the longer or shorter of Jan's routes, the rain had eased a bit, the nagging headwind has abated somewhat and the grey skys towards our destination had lessened. So we decided to do the longer ride, without a coffee stop.On the one hand you could say we did the wrong thing having finished the ride very cold and wet an hour later than if we'd done the shorter route..... however we were all glad that we had done the ride, although the drop in temperature and increase in the rain during the last 10km or so, we could have done without! Great group to be out with, not a single moan or groan (except from me going up the hill to Cumnor!) and plenty of cheerful chat. Great way to spend a miserable Saturday afternoon Thanks Jan for all your organising. | ||
Distance:60.00 km (37.28 mi) | Ride Details:https://www.strava.com/activities/5103502059 | |
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2* Saturday Half Day Ride (part way) to Farmoor Reservoir C | 2* |
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Leader:Stephanie Haddrell |
Start Time:1:00 pm |
Start Location:OMH |
Description:This is a pre-bookable ride only. To book your place please text ride leader no sooner than the Monday before the ride. Half day ride (55k / 35 miles), with a picnic / refresment stop at Farmmor reservoir (cafe there is open for takeaway, although I will probably bring my own refreshments) at a riding pace of 18-20km/h (11-13mph).(If the weather is looking horrible, I might change the route for eg a 25 mile option and skip the picnic stop) |
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Report:Well by comparison to the first Summer ride of the season it was positively Mediterranean!The hardiest of groups with 6 committed riders all making it to the start, however with persistent rain forecast for the afternoon we opted for the shorter route planned by Jan but in reverse. Heading out to Lyford and Garford we went on to Marcham Tubney and returned via the bridge meeting Jan's group just outside the White Hart- shame it wasn't open! We then went onto Southmoor, and back via Charney and Denchworth. 23.7 miles in total. So lovely to be out riding with good friends and great company, let's hope the weather improves next week. | ||
Distance:38.14 km (23.70 mi) | ||
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/35662898" | ||
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2* Saturday Half Day Ride - (Part way) To Farmoor Reservoir A | 2* |
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Leader:Jan McCabe |
Start Time:1:00 pm |
Start Location:OMH |
Description:This is a pre-bookable ride only. To book your place please text Jan (07818 041362) no sooner than the Monday before the ride. Half day ride (55k / 35 miles), with a picnic / refresment stop at Farmmor reservoir (cafe there is open for takeaway, although I will probably bring my own refreshments) at a riding pace of 18-20km/h (11-13mph).(If the weather is looking horrible, I might change the route for eg a 25 mile option and skip the picnic stop) |
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Report:It was great to see such a high level of interest in the first Saturday ride after lockdown eased!The ride was fully booked before 9am of the day bookings opened, but with Steph and Kath very kindly volunteering to lead extra groups, we soon had a total of 18 and one reserve! To help ensure we stayed as 3 groups of 6, decided to have three slightly different start times (12:50, 13:00, 13:10), and pre-assign riders to a given start time (not sure if i'd recommend this approach in future, it did achieve the objective, but meant it harder to be flexible and rearrange things if numbers changed). Many thanks to everyone who signed up; Those who choose not to ride (which was perfectly understandable in the weather) let me know in plenty of time, those who were riding all turned up promptly and all 3 groups left on time. Weather at start was constant rain, but not too heavy and not too cold. I had 2 options for my group, the original ride planned to Farmoor with a coffee stop, or a shorter option with no stop, both routes started out the same way, so decided to wait until the junction with the A415 before making our decision. The weather seemed to have stayed constant up to our decision point, constantly wet, cool, but not too bad..... however we decided to opt for the shorter option, as we thought the weather was only borderline ok, and not picnic weather! Just as we left Fyfield and before we got to the A420 underpass we met Steph's group who were doing the same route in the opposite direction, so paused briefly to say hello! Shortly after this the weather seemed to deteriorate, the rain got heavier and the temperature dropped, we were definately pleased we had opted for the short choice! Arrived back in Grove shortly after Steph's group, so were able to wave to them again, before heading home to warm up! | ||
Distance:35.00 km (21.75 mi) | Ride Details:https://ridewithgps.com/routes/35659122 | |
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/35659122" | ||
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