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Leader: John Talbot	Start Time: 6:30 pm	Start Location: OMH
Description: Weekly 1.5 - 2 hours at a riding pace of 20-24km/h (13-15mph). May be hilly. Enough daylight now to tackle my Boars Hill route. This is about as far as is possible to go on a Tuesday evening (46km). Essentially a flat ride apart from the climb up the hill to admire the view across to Oxford. Followed by a great descent and a quick flat dash back to Grove. This ride will leave promptly at 6.30pm so don't be late!
Riders: Adrian West Amanda Seddon Andy Butcher Andy Cowan Andy Pixton Barry Gills Chris Walters David Smith David Talboys Janet Charleston John Talbot Katherine Boyce Mark Austin Nick Dunton Peter Cowan Phil Stubbings Rachel Bennett Tina Tian Ursula Hallam Riders = 19 Weather: Report: A nice evening brought out a big group of riders with some welcome returners. We had a headwind to deal with on the outward leg but we kept up a spirited pace and saw loads of other cyclists out enjoying the evening too, good to see 2 wheels hugely outnumbering 4 wheels It wasn't long before we were at Boar's Hill and the quieter back road up to the top, an incident with a reversing horse caused Phil to tumble into the verge, but no damage done. The group was getting used to hearing Adrian tear a few more teeth off his chain ring at each junction by this point The fast and smooth descent down Foxcombe and with a tailwind and a slight downhill gradient we arrived in Marcham. We split into three groups for the section along the A415 and A338 to Garford which worked very well. A very spirited Denchworth Dash finished a great ride and everyone had big smiles when we arrived back in Grove so I guess they enjoyed it! Special mention to Andy Cowan who was a fantastic sweep which helped relieve the stress of leading such a large group
Distance: 47.00 km (29.20 mi)	Ride Details: http://www.strava.com/activities/154798209
Proposed Route: http://ridewithgps.com/routes/1209004"
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