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Regular Wantage Ride - 3* | 3* |
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Leader:Nick Dunton |
Start Time:9:30 am |
Start Location:WMP |
Description:Traditional Sunday outing – full day, average speed, pub lunch.FATHERS’ DAY, SO PUB LIKELY TO BE BUSY. PLEASE TRY TO LET ME KNOW IF YOU PLAN TO RIDE AHEAD OF TIME SO I CAN MAKE A BOOKING. First section is relatively flat with some short sections of cycle- path and narrow, potholed, and gravely lanes round Stoke Row [in part follows Sustrans National Route 5]. Lunch stop at The Reformation, Gallowstree Common [Brakspear beers and wide selection of food – full Sunday lunch, baguettes, baked potatoes, etc.]. Afternoon piece is on better roads but hilly [including Streetley Hill – the back, easier way] before the final swoop down Chain Hill. Distance: approx. 93 km [58 miles]. Full route: East from Wantage, Lockinge, Ginge, East Hendred, Steventon, Drayton, Sutton Courtenay, Appleford, Long Wittenham, Wittenham Clumps, Brightwell-cum-Sotwell, Wallingford, Crowmarsh Gifford, Over Ridge Way to Ipsden, Stoke Row, Gallowstree Common [lunch stop] Cane End, Hook End, Woodcote, Cray’s Pond, Goring, Streetley, Four Points, Compton, East Ilsley, West Ilsley, Farnborough, return to Wantage down Chain Hill. |
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Riders:Bridget LambertDerek Boutle Des Higgs Ginny Henderson Nick Dunton Steve Swanton Steven Rogers Tony Smith Riders = 8 Report:Good day with fine weather but chilly northerly wind. We changed lunch venue to Black Horse near Checkendon – only rolls on menu but a simpler option. One minor mishap with grazed elbow and brake hood. Nice to greet Bridget, who normally rides with the Oxford Section. Back in Wantage by 4.00 p.m. Total distance: 93km [58 miles]. | ||
Distance:93.00 km (57.79 mi) | ||
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