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Sat May 1st 2021
| 3* Saturday Half Day Ride | 3* |
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Leader:John Tranter |
Start Time:9:30 am |
Start Location:OMH |
Description:This is a pre-bookable ride only. To book your place please text the ride leader no sooner than the Monday before the ride. Likely to visit distant destinations. Not suitable for irregular riders. Climbing likely.Following the earlier May Day madness, this is a more normal 3* half day ride. over Hackpen Hill and down to Lambourn, along the lovely river valley to East Garston for a cafe stop at the wonderful Priscilla's Kitchen, then down to Great Shefford, up the big ramp to Chaddleworth and home via Brightwalton and down Chain Hill. A short but fairly hilly 30 miles and we should be home by 12.30. |
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Report:It was a helpful coincidence that the six riders booked for this ride had also chosen to do the earlier Oxford ride. This made the timings a bit less critical. Mind you, this also marked them out as especially bonkers given that we were going to add 30 hilly miles to the 45 already done (it has to be said that the top prize for bonkers-ness went, as it so often does, to Jan who decided to carry on in the afternoon and notch up a century).After the between-rides cafe stop at Costa in Grove, our departure was held up by a puncture for me before we even got to Wantage. All fixed and we set off again. All went smoothly and it was impressive how well everyone was going after the earlier endeavours. A great spread at Priscilla's Kitchen fuelled us up for the big ramp to Chaddleworth and we just about dodged the rain clouds before the swoop down Chain Hill. Thanks to all for a sterling effort taking us to 75 miles before lunch! | ||
Distance:48.28 km (30.00 mi) | Ride Details:https://ridewithgps.com/trips/66451181 | |
| Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/35762967" | ||
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