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Sun May 15th 2011
| Regular Wantage Ride | 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. 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 Black Horse near Checkendon: only rolls on menu, so bring extra food if needed. 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], although we may extend this depending on group dynamics and weather.Nick Dunton 01235-848580/07774-838310 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, 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:Adrian WestDavid Roberts Derek Boutle Des Higgs Ginny Henderson John Talbot Lucia Singer Nick Dunton Steve Swanton Riders = 9 Report:All went well. Coffee stop at Root 1 Garden Centre outside Wallingford, where we met a group from Reading Section. Also ran into Oxford City Section at lunch! Back by 4.00 p.m. for tea at Costa. Weather: cold wind but rain held off. | ||
Distance:93.34 km (58.00 mi) | ||
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