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Sun Feb 1st 2026

Windrush Winter Warm-Up Audax	3*

Leader: Katherine Boyce	Start Time: 9:00 am	Start Location: Ashton Keynes, Cirencester
Description: Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. A 3 Hour ride (24-40km / 15-25 miles), riding pace of 20-24km/h (13-15mph). Not suitable for irregular riders. Climbing likely. As this an Audax, you must book this in advance at: https://www.audax.uk/event-details/calendar/13534-windrush_winter_warm_up_100 The £6 entry includes free food at the start and finish, plus at Stanton Harcourt. The food at Sherborne is paid for.. A relatively easy 108k with 650m of climbing. If the weathers good it’s always a good day out on the bike!
Riders: James Bosley Katherine Boyce Sharon Bedford Riders = 3 Weather: Report: We should have changed the ride to Not the Windrush Winter Warm-up! Yet again the miserable cold, wet weather interfered with cycling plans and as a result the hardy 3 undertook a cold, wet, local ride with potential to extend or contract as the weather dictated. We did the basic route, stopped at the farm cafe in Shrivenham for excellent coffee and in my case brownies before returning to Wantage in steadily improving weather conditions. However 5 minutes after arriving home the heavens opened. Plan B was definitely the right plan! No matter the change of plans and cold, we were all glad to get out on our bikes
Distance: 56.85 km (35.32 mi)	Ride Details: https://www.strava.com/activities/17249281092
Proposed Route: https://www.audax.uk/event-details/calendar/13534-windrush_winter_warm_up_100"
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Tue Feb 3rd 2026

Virtual Turbo

Leader: Nicole Pethybridge	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: Calum Clark Jan McCabe Jane John Jon Townsin Joy Arthur Karen Townsin Katherine Boyce Nicole Pethybridge Riders = 8 Report: A tasty hill and sprint workout, making us work througout. Never boring but quite testing. A Winter Olympic themed quiz
Hills & Sprints
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Thu Feb 5th 2026

RIDE CANCELLED - Daytime 2* Thursday Ride	2*

Leader: Roger Postbeschild	Start Time: 10:00 am	Start Location: OMH
Description: RIDE CANCELLED - Wet and windy this morning.......it's supposed to be a pleasure! - 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 visit to Aston Pottery, out via Northmoor and return via Buckland. Great Brook remains a no go area!
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53555828"
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Thu Feb 5th 2026

Daytime 1* Thursday Ride	1*

Leader: John Stamp	Start Time: 10:00 am	Start Location: OMH
Description: 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). Southmoor Loop 100% paved roads. Grove to Denchworth, then West Hanney. Take Winter Lane to Southmoor for coffee stop. Return via Charney Bassett & Denchworth.
Riders: John Stamp Steve Swanton Riders = 2 Weather: Report: 7.5miles/hr average speed including coffee break. A chilly damp day with evidence of localized flooding along the route. So went via Lyford instead of West Hanney to join Winter Lane just in case road into West Hanney was under water. The ride cleared all my 'cob webs'. The staff @ Munch still welcoming.
Distance: 24.14 km (15.00 mi)
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53875788"
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Sat Feb 7th 2026

RIDE CANCELLED - 3* Saturday Half Day Ride	3*

Leader: Jo Little	Start Time: 9:30 am	Start Location: OMH
Description: RIDE CANCELLED. Rain and wet roads make for miserable cycling conditions - 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). A trip up Boars Hill before heading to a new, to me, cafe - Wells Farmshop and cafe - in Abingdon. We'll the skirt the edge of Abingdon before returning to Grove via Fyfield.
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53786578"
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Tue Feb 10th 2026

Virtual Turbo

Leader: Joy Arthur	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: Barry Stanton Calum Clark Jane John Joy Arthur Lisa Footner Simon Wysocki-Jones Yvonne Bird Riders = 7 Report: Lots of climbing this evening with a Yorkshire film quiz
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Thu Feb 12th 2026

Daytime 1* Thursday Ride	1*

Leader: John Stamp	Start Time: 10:00 am	Start Location: OMH
Description: 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). 15 miles on paved roads to Pusey via Denchworth & Charney Bassett. Return via Standford (for coffee stop) & Denchworth.
Riders: John Leggott John Stamp Rob Godfrey Riders = 3 Weather: Report: Departed dry & in good spirits only to be well 'wet' by the time we reached Denchworth. Needed to retrack route back to railway bridge to recover a dropped mobile phone. So abandoned original route and headed directly to Standford for a very welcomed cup of coffee. Average speed including coffee stop 6mls/hr
Distance: 21.57 km (13.40 mi)	Ride Details: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53996228
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50003880"
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Thu Feb 12th 2026

Daytime 2* Thursday Ride	2*

Leader: Des Higgs	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). Coffee at baking Bee, Ashbury. Route TBA on the day.
Riders: Anke Otto Barry Stanton Des Higgs Pauline Clark Peter Dalgliesh Roger Postbeschild Steve Swanton Riders = 7 Weather: Report: We set off to a very fine rain, which soon changed to heavy rain. There was a vote taken at Gainfield as to whether to shorten the ride. Of course, the rain had eased off then, so we all elected to ride on to Ashbury. This prompted the heavy rain to return! Still, an enjoyable ride in the rain with a good cafe stop and no problems. Thank you all, for being such good company.
Distance: 52.00 km (32.31 mi)
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Sat Feb 14th 2026

Substitute Regular Ride	3*

Leader: Sharon Bedford	Start Time: 12:30 pm	Start Location: The Beacon
Description: MOVED FROM SUNDAY DUE TO WEATHER FORECAST Ride of about 55-60k with a stop at Cafe Bella in Ramsbury.
Riders: Andy Pixton Katherine Boyce Lisa Footner Sharon Bedford Riders = 4 Report: Moving the ride from the full day ride on the Sunday (cancelled due to heavy rain) to an afternoon only Saturday ride meant that there was a need for a hastily put together route. However despite it being hilly, (I would challenge anyone to plot a c50k ish route to Ramsbury that isn't!), it was well received. The Downs looked splendid in the (rare) February sunshine with both snowdrops and daffodils in plentiful supply . We were pleasantly surprised by the quality of the roads south of Lambourn compared to Oxfordshire and we were able to find some very quiet roads with not much traffic. We did come across one flood, but Andy, being the tallest amongst us volunteered to try it out, (Thanks Andy), and concluded it was passable. Cafe Bella did great coffee and cakes, but we were not able to select anything else from the menu as there was a long wait and we wanted to ensure we were home before the sun (and temperatures) dropped. Thanks to the group for their great company.
Distance: 58.00 km (36.04 mi)
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53976167"
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Sat Feb 14th 2026

2* Saturday Half Day Awayday Ride	2*

Leader: Roger Postbeschild	Start Time: 10:00 am	Start Location: Hilliers Garden Centre, Lechlade
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). An awayday ride, cars can be parked at the garden centre, meet for a pre-ride coffee at 10.00 for a depart at 10.30. If you can do without a starting coffee, you could just rock up to the garden centre for 10.30. A minor tour of The Cotswolds, including the delightful Coln Valley. Coffee (early lunch?) at Coln St Aldwyns Community Stores. Back in time for a late lunch, and plenty early enough for the Calcutta Cup on the TV. Weather forecast is for a frosty early morning, with sunshine and light winds....and. of course, a tail wind home!
Riders: Anke Otto Barry Stanton Chris Gray David Jackson Des Higgs Julie Haynes Roger Postbeschild Steve Swanton Riders = 8 Weather: Report: The day broke to clear blue skies.......an unheard of phenomenon! There was a slight overnight frost, but by our 10.30 start time, there was no sign of this, even on the back roads. It felt distinctly warm in the sunny car park, but some clothing adjustments were made as we set off into a gentle northwesterly headwind. Bibury was gridlocked - the Ablington Road was closed (luckily I chose not to enter Bibury this way). We arrived at the cafe stop in Coln St Aldwyns at 1.15. Having looked up the opening times, I was happy that they were open until 2pm. Regrettably, the cafe stops serving at 1.00. It's worth noting that they stop serving at 12.00 on a Sunday! Fortunately, we were not that far from Lechlade to return to the garden centre for refreshments. There was a little divergence from the route towards the end as we couldn't see which way the breakaway group went....
Distance: 52.00 km (32.31 mi)
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53888008"
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Sun Feb 15th 2026

RIDE CANCELLED - Regular Wantage Ride	3*

Leader: Sharon Bedford	Start Time: 9:30 am	Start Location: Beacon Car Park
Description: RIDE CANCELLED - Ride Cancelled - MOVED TO SATURDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO WEATHER 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. As we are starting to nudge towards longer days - opted for a ride of c90k. Thought we should also get the climbing legs working again - so there is a sneaky loop up and down Foxhill just for fun, (you will thank me some day honest!) Cafe stop at Coleshill with option of second stop in Bampton if needed.
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53814314"
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Tue Feb 17th 2026

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: Jan McCabe Joy Arthur Sharon Bedford Riders = 3 Report: Just a select group of 3 this evening. However we still worked hard - doing a Geraint T training session. Quiz postponed until more of us around .
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Thu Feb 19th 2026

Daytime 2* Thursday Ride	2*

Leader: Anke Otto	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). Another attempt at Aston Pottery after cancelling two weeks ago.
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53555828"
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Sat Feb 21st 2026

1* Saturday Half-Day Ride - Snowdrops revisited	1*

Leader: Steve Swanton	Start Time: 1:00 pm	Start Location: OMH
Description: Update 19/2/26 - with more extensive flooding in the vale today, we'll stay high keeping to the Springline and following a variant of our Snowdrop Ride route from a few weekends ago. And hopefully, we shall still catch plenty of snowdrops and other spring flowers along the way. Through Wantage and out to the Letcombes, then on to Childrey, we'll have the option of an out-and back detour to Sparsholt before returning to Wantage for our refreshment stop. We'll return to Grove via Lockinge and Kingsgrove. Please let me know if you are planning to come. Optional pick-up by the Vale and Downland museum in Wantage by prior arrangement around 1:20pm. 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).
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/54032681"
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Sun Feb 22nd 2026

3* Sunday Shortie	3*

Leader: Jo Little	Start Time: 9:00 am	Start Location: The Beacon
Description: Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. A 3 Hour ride (24-40km / 15-25 miles), riding pace of 20-24km/h (13-15mph). Not suitable for irregular riders. Climbing likely.
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/53984923"
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Tue Feb 24th 2026

Virtual Turbo

Leader:	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 Feb 26th 2026

Daytime 1* Thursday Ride	1*

Leader:	Start Time: 10:00 am	Start Location: OMH
Description: 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 Feb 26th 2026

Daytime 2* Thursday Ride to Blake's	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).
Riders: Angie Fisher Anke Otto Des Higgs Geoff Neill Julie Haynes Peter Dalgliesh Richard Kidd Richard Pethybridge Roger Postbeschild Terry Ryland Tigi Young Riders = 11 Weather: Report: A chilly day, but dry, for once! Blake's was well up to standard....some of us even managed to sit inside! Your ride leader also managed to not leave his mobile behind this time.....
Distance: 46.00 km (28.58 mi)
Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/50069744"
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Sat Feb 28th 2026

2* Saturday Half Day Ride	2*

Leader: Steve Swanton	Start Time: 10:00 am	Start Location: OMH
Description: Route details to come.... 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).
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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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