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Tuesday Evening Off-road Ride | 2* |
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Leader:Robin Tucker |
Start Time:6:30 pm |
Start Location:OMH |
Description:Off-road ride around local tracks, usually about 15 miles. Knobbly tyres and good lights required. We are keen to welcome new riders and have spare lights available to borrow if you let me know. Dark, cold and wet - we'll ride in any two. But please let me know if you are coming so I can tell you if I decide to cancel due to really bad weather. |
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Report:The wind determined our route for the night. It felt stronger than the forecast 15mph and came from the west. Hence we decided to climb to The Ridgeway (of course!) and then head west on the top, and down to come back.We rode out via Crab Hill and Betterton. Then put up the sails and were blown along the top with not much effort until Bury Hill. From there we went down the road and dow the permissive farm track, then turned left and at the end of the tarmac scrabbled up the chalky climb back to the Ridgeway. Almost immediately we went down again to Harwell. Then left and along the valley back to Wantage & Grove. All three of us were keen to do the ride, but also keen to get back to the warm. So we didn't hang around and the whole 18 miles took about 2 hours. (Plus some time faffing with lights at the start!) | ||
Distance:28.97 km (18.00 mi) | ||
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