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Thu Jan 2nd 2025

Daytime 2* Thursday Ride	2*

Leader: Stephanie Haddrell	Start Time: 10:00 am	Start Location: OMH
Description: A ride out for coffee to Millets it will be a flat one! Route tbc.Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Sociable ride of 24-40 km (15-25 miles) at a pace of 18-20km/h (11-13 mph).
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49370750"
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Sat Jan 4th 2025

3* Saturday Half Day Ride	3*

Leader: Joy Arthur	Start Time: 9:30 am	Start Location: The Beacon
Description: Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Half day ride (60-70km / 38-45 miles), with a tea stop, riding pace of 20-24km/h (13-15mph). Coffee in Clanfield
Riders: Jo Little John Tranter Joy Arthur Lisa Footner Philip (Pip) Jackson Roger Postbeschild Riders = 6 Weather: Report: I was watching the weather forecast all week wondering if the ride could go ahead and was much encouraged by our forecast starting temperature going up from -1 deg C to zero and the onset of sleet being delayed to 18.00. I was joined by a hardy, (should that be foolhardy??), group of 5 whose stoicism and good humour ensured the cold and at times icy ride was an enjoyable experience. We all agreed it was good to get out and enjoyed the cinnamon buns at Blakes, (despite having to sit outside). Many thanks to the group for their unfailing positivity including such remarks as “At least it didn’t snow” and “Ooh, I think it’s brightening up”!
Distance: 62.50 km (38.84 mi)	Ride Details: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/245946001
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/239079760"
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Tue Jan 7th 2025

Virtual Turbo

Leader: Jane John	Start Time: 7:00 pm	Start Location: Online
Description: A virtual turbo workout of up to an hour including warm up, workout and warm down. You will need your own turbo set up, a computer/laptop/mobile device and Zoom version 5 installed on your device. This is a pre-bookable event. To book a place text your name to Karen Townsin 07768066413, no earlier than 09:00 on the Wednesday before. You will receive confirmation including the link to the virtual meeting.
Riders: Jan McCabe Jane John Jo Little Joy Arthur Karen Townsin Lisa Footner Sharon Bedford Yvonne Bird Riders = 8 Report: My usual FTP Wahoo session for our first workout post the festive period, with Kim's Game to test our brain cells! Callum joined from Scotland too.
Distance: 0.00 km (0.00 mi)	Ride Details: N/A
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Thu Jan 9th 2025

Thursday coffee meet

Leader: Stephanie Haddrell	Start Time: 10:00 am	Start Location: OMH
Description: RIDE CANCELLED - Due to freezing conditions ride cancelled. Coffee at Down to Earth at 11am for social catch up. - A ride out to the Cantorist for coffee. Out via The New road towards Ardington back through wantage and the Letcombes to Childrey. Home via Hoosey and Denchworth. Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Sociable ride of 24-40 km (15-25 miles) at a pace of 18-20km/h (11-13 mph).
Riders: Andy Pixton Angie Fisher Carin Tranter David Bridge John Tranter Katherine Boyce Patrick O'Leary Richard Kidd Roger Postbeschild Roger Turnbull Stephanie Haddrell Terry Ryland Riders = 12 Weather: Report: Very sensibly cancelled due to icy conditions - the pavements down to the café from Grove were distinctly slippy in places. Steph (as ride leader) gets an honourable mention, even though she didn't make it to Down to Earth, slipping on ice and falling from her bike, whilst talking to JT - she returned home safely, to lick her wounds. RP.
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Sat Jan 11th 2025

RIDE CANCELLED - 2* Saturday Half Day Ride	2*

Leader: John Tranter	Start Time: 10:00 am	Start Location: OMH
Description: RIDE CANCELLED - Freezing condition and an unsurprising lack of riders! Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Half day ride (45-55km / 30-40 miles), with a tea stop, at a riding pace of 18-20km/h (11-13mph). Heading south to hopefully minimise flooding problems, so a bit of climbing involved. However, we are keeping it as short as possible whilst still enjoying the Lambourn Valley and (importantly) Priscilla's Kitchen in East Garston. 28 miles / 45km
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/46198370"
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Sun Jan 12th 2025

RIDE CANCELLED - 3* Sunday Shortie	3*

Leader: Joy Arthur	Start Time: 9:15 am	Start Location: The Beacon
Description: RIDE CANCELLED - ICY ROADS LIKELY SO RIDE CANCELLED - Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. A 2 Hour ride (24-40km / 15-25 miles), riding pace of 20-24km/h (13-15mph). Not suitable for irregular riders. Climbing likely. Shortie out to Boxford
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/44220076"
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Tue Jan 14th 2025

Virtual Turbo

Leader: Jon Townsin	Start Time: 7:00 pm	Start Location: Online
Description: A virtual turbo workout of up to an hour including warm up, workout and warm down. You will need your own turbo set up, a computer/laptop/mobile device and Zoom version 5 installed on your device. This is a pre-bookable event. To book a place text your name to Karen Townsin 07768066413, no earlier than 09:00 on the Wednesday before. You will receive confirmation including the link to the virtual meeting.
Riders: Jan McCabe Jane John Jo Little Jon Townsin Joy Arthur Karen Townsin Katherine Boyce Nicole Pethybridge Sharon Bedford Simon Wysocki-Jones Yvonne Bird Riders = 11 Report: Negative splits workout. Nice!
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Thu Jan 16th 2025

Daytime 1* Thursday Ride	1*

Leader: Lorna Swanton	Start Time: 10:00 am	Start Location: OMH
Description: Please book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Easy sociable ride of 24-32 km (15-20 miles) at a pace of 14-17km/h (9-11 mph). A flat ride in the Vale, out via Denchworth, Lyford, Charney Bassett and Gainfield to Stanford for coffee, back via Park Lane.
Riders: David Bridge Lorna Swanton Steve Swanton Susan Holdroyd Riders = 4 Weather: Report:
Distance: 23.34 km (14.50 mi)
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29440450"
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Thu Jan 16th 2025

Daytime 2* Thursday Ride	2*

Leader: John Tranter	Start Time: 10:00 am	Start Location: OMH
Description: Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Sociable ride of 24-40 km (15-25 miles) at a pace of 18-20km/h (11-13 mph). Picking up the cancelled ride from last week (thanks, Steph). A ride out to the Cantorist for coffee. Out via the new King Alfred Way path towards Lockinge & Ardington, back through Wantage and the Letcombes to Childrey. Home via Goosey and Denchworth. 20 miles / 32km
Riders: John Tranter Louise Bowers Mila Yearley Patrick O'Leary Pauline Clark Peter Dalgliesh Roger Postbeschild Terry Ryland Tim Hoyle Riders = 9 Weather: Report: A slightly misty start didn't put people off, although we did lose Angie to a pre-ride puncture. We had to negotiate road works on the A338 path before heading up the "Benchworth Road" path alongside the new King Alfred Way and then out on the lanes to Lockinge and Ardington. We then headed back through Wantage and out again to the Letcombes and a welcome coffee stop at the Cantorist in Childrey. it was a lovely surprise to see Des and Karl there, as well as Mila who had done a solo ride having missed the 1* group at the start. Mila then joined us for the trip home via Goosey and Denchworth. An incident free ride in great company - thanks to everyone for being there.
Distance: 32.35 km (20.10 mi)	Ride Details: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/247908944
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49456269"
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Sat Jan 18th 2025

1* Saturday Half Day Ride	1*

Leader: Steve Swanton	Start Time: 1:00 pm	Start Location: OMH
Description: A ride heading out eastwards to Ginge and back to Wantage for a refreshment stop in town. We'll go out via Kingsgrove (pick-up by the Kingsgrove cafe by arrangement) first climbing Crab Hill (aka Benchworth Hill) on the new cycletrack before continuing on to Ardington and Ginge on the Icknield Greenway. From Ginge we'll return to Wantage through Lockinge for refreshments at the Vale and Downland Museum. After refreshments we'll return to Grove following some back routes through Stockham. A round trip of 14 miles or so with a few short ups and downs to keep us warm and get our legs working. Our regular social and family ride on the third Saturday of the month, usually with a cafe stop. We cover 16-32km (10-20 miles) at a leisurely pace of 13-16km/h (8-10mph), tackling the occasional hill (nothing too long) and easy off-road track (conditions permitting). Please let the ride leader know if you are planning to ride.
Riders: Anke Otto Des Higgs Stephanie Haddrell Steve Boreham Steve Swanton Riders = 5 Weather: Report:
Distance: 24.78 km (15.40 mi)	Ride Details: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49492747
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49467043"
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Sun Jan 19th 2025

Regular Wantage Ride	3*

Leader: Katherine Boyce	Start Time: 9:15 am	Start Location: Beacon Car Park
Description: Monthly 80-100km (50-65 miles) all-day touring ride, lunch and possibly tea stop en route, at a riding pace of 18-22km/h (11-14mph). Not suitable for irregular riders. Climbing almost inevitable. Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Monthly 80-100km (50-65 miles) all-day touring ride, lunch and possibly tea stop en route, at a riding pace of 18-22km/h (11-14mph). Not suitable for irregular riders. Over Hungerford way via Lambourn, lunch at Time at the Forge, Aldbourne. Return via the Springline road. 75km, fingers crossed the weather plays ball!
Riders: Clare Hazell Eddie Little James Bosley Jan McCabe Jo Little Joy Arthur Katherine Boyce Lisa Footner Philip (Pip) Jackson Roger Postbeschild Riders = 10 Weather: Report: Considering how very cold and misty it was, the turnout for the January all-day ride was very gratifying. Think we were all looking to get out on our bikes following Christmas excess! The mist started to clear once we were over the Ridgeway and approaching Hungerford, however the lack of mist in no way dented the cold Lunch at Time at the Forge was a bit drawn out but gave us time to warmup and discuss strategies for keeping feet warm. Heated foot warmers were even ordered!. It was definitely slightly warmer on the return along the spring line road. All-in-all a really splendid group to share a challenging ride with
Distance: 76.26 km (47.39 mi)	Ride Details: https://www.strava.com/activities/13399687655
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49458728"
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Tue Jan 21st 2025

Virtual Turbo

Leader: Jan McCabe	Start Time: 7:00 pm	Start Location: Online
Description: A virtual turbo workout of up to an hour including warm up, workout and warm down. You will need your own turbo set up, a computer/laptop/mobile device and Zoom version 5 installed on your device. This is a pre-bookable event. To book a place text your name to Karen Townsin 07768066413, no earlier than 09:00 on the Wednesday before. You will receive confirmation including the link to the virtual meeting.
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Thu Jan 23rd 2025

Thursday coffee meet

Leader: Roger Postbeschild	Start Time: 11:00 am	Start Location: Down to Earth Café
Description: Weather forecast on all platforms is for rain on Thursday morning. On that basis, we are reverting to our standard Thursday no-ride venue of Down to Earth Café in Wantage. Please let Angie know if you intend to join us, via the WhatsApp group. Meet at 11.00.
Riders: Angie Fisher David Bridge Geoff Neill Katherine Boyce Pauline Clark Richard Kidd Roger Postbeschild Susan Holdroyd Riders = 8 Weather: Report: Coffee and cakes duly enjoyed whilst the forecast rain hammered down.
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Sat Jan 25th 2025

2* Saturday Half Day Ride	2*

Leader: John Tranter	Start Time: 9:30 am	Start Location: OMH
Description: Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Half day ride (45-55km / 30-40 miles), with a tea stop, at a riding pace of 18-20km/h (11-13mph). A slightly dodgy weather forecast and the likelihood of some standing water results in a nice simple loop around the north Vale. Out via Denchworth and Charney Bassett and over the footbridge to Longworth and Hinton Waldrist. Back via Pusey to coffee at the Stanford cafe before heading home. 20 miles / 36km
Riders: Anke Otto Barry Stanton Brian Watson Chris Gray John Tranter Roger Postbeschild Riders = 6 Weather: Report: Mixed weather forecasts in the lead up, in the end we got cloudless blue skies but with a risk of some ice in the shadows. It was particularly good to see Brian visiting from Yorkshire and Barry back after illness. As we suspected, the road out to Denchworth was quite wet and there were a few slippery moments, but all was well and it got very slightly warmer as the day went on. We enjoyed the glorious church, pond and manor house at the back of Longworth, successfully negotiated the fairly muddy bridleway across to Hinton Waldrist and enjoyed good refreshments at Stanford cafe. Thanks to all for a lovely morning on the bike.
Distance: 32.19 km (20.00 mi)	Ride Details: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/249746153
2* group sightseeing in Hinton Waldrist a cold and crisp morning in Longworth 2* group on a cold and crisp morning in Longworth
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49523599"
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Sun Jan 26th 2025

CANCELLED: Windrush Winter Warm-Up	3*

Leader: Katherine Boyce	Start Time: 9:00 am	Start Location: Ashton Keynes, Cirencester
Description: RIDE CANCELLED DUE TO STORMY WEATHER It’s a while since we did this audax as a club ride and seems a good time to resurrect it. This is a popular, accessible 100km ride and entry must be booked in advance, it is likely to sell out, so booking early is advised. Details and entry are here: https://www.audax.uk/event-details/12614-windrush_winter_warm_up_100 If you’ve not done an audax before, see here: https://www.audax.uk/about-audax/new-to-audax/ Please make sure you arrive in plenty of time to book in as the start will be promptly at 9. Let me know if you’re coming.
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Tue Jan 28th 2025

Virtual Turbo

Leader: Sharon Bedford	Start Time: 7:00 pm	Start Location: Online
Description: A virtual turbo workout of up to an hour including warm up, workout and warm down. You will need your own turbo set up, a computer/laptop/mobile device and Zoom version 5 installed on your device. This is a pre-bookable event. To book a place text your name to Karen Townsin 07768066413, no earlier than 09:00 on the Wednesday before. You will receive confirmation including the link to the virtual meeting.
Riders: Jane John Jon Townsin Karen Townsin Katherine Boyce Sharon Bedford Simon Wysocki-Jones Yvonne Bird Riders = 7 Report: Sprint Session Movie Quiz
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Thu Jan 30th 2025

RIDE CANCELLED - Daytime 1* Thursday Ride	1*

Leader:	Start Time: 10:00 am	Start Location: OMH
Description: RIDE CANCELLED - No Ride Leader available for this ride. - Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Easy sociable ride of 24-32 km (15-20 miles) at a pace of 14-17km/h (9-11 mph).
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Thu Jan 30th 2025

Daytime 2* Thursday Ride	2*

Leader: Roger Postbeschild	Start Time: 10:00 am	Start Location: OMH
Description: Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Sociable ride of 24-40 km (15-25 miles) at a pace of 18-20km/h (11-13 mph). A ride out to Shrivenham, depending upon numbers, we will have coffee at either the Farm Shop or Bloomfields.
Riders: Angie Fisher Barry Stanton David Bridge Des Higgs James Bosley John Tranter Katherine Boyce Louise Bowers Patrick O'Leary Peter Dalgliesh Rob Godfrey Roger Postbeschild Terry Ryland Riders = 13 Weather: Report: A chilly start caused me to scope out the Denchworth Road for ice - it was slushy but rideable with care. I had booked wall-to-wall sunshine, and duly obliged! Thirteen riders, including Rob, joining for his first 2 star. The group was split, with JT taking the second lead and Des, back from injury, taking the sweep. The 'garden' out the back of Bloomfield's was something of a sun trap, and we enjoyed coffees and cakes/pastries outside. Many thanks to Des and Louise for shepherding duties. A few of us partook of additional coffee at Costa on our return to Grove.
Distance: 46.10 km (28.65 mi)
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/49564774"
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Start Locations: WMP
Wantage Market Place; OMH
Old Mill Hall, Grove

Categories: 1* - Suitable for irregular, social, beginner or family riders, pace will match the slower riders. Not hilly or long. Expect rides up to 3 hours. Gentle exercise.; 2* - Suitable for regular riders who prefer to cover some distance but at a more relaxed pace. Likely to be half-day rides. Solid exercise.; 3* - Suitable for experienced riders, may be hilly, long, quick, or any combination! Likely to be half or full-day rides. Challenging exercise.; 4* - Suitable for athletic riders who can ride safely above the 3* standard. Quick rides for the fit.; More Information

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