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Tue May 4th 2021
| Tuesday Evening Off Road Ride (Gentle) | 2* |
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Leader:Robin Tucker |
Start Time:6:30 pm |
Start Location:WMP |
Description:We'll be taking it easy tonight to give people a chance to get some off-road experience as the nights get longer.We'll head up Goddards Brook, the least painful way to the Ridgeway, and pause a few times to admire the view. Then we'll head east to enjoy some woody singletrack, and return making use of the new Icknield Way. This is a pre-bookable ride only. To book your place please text the ride leader no sooner than the Wednesday before the ride. Off-road ride around local tracks, usually about 15 miles. Knobbly tyres and reasonable 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:Our first 'Gentle' ride of the season and reaching a full complement of 6, despite a couple of regulars not making it. I think we'll do this again every First Tuesday of the month and see how it goes.Despite being an easier paced ride, we still like to get up to the Ridgeway, so we took the most relaxed way up: out of Wantage via the cyclepath and up in two bites, by Knights' Farm / Goddards Brook and Bitham Woods. We then had a gentle tail wind to push us along the ridge to Scutchamer Knob. There we saw a glorious rainbow! Down to the corner of Harwell campus, which allows people to pick their own pace, from fast to measured. Then round the 'Harwell edge' woods and back along the new Icknield Greenway, tut tutting at the low-friction surface. Despite rain in the day, the ride was dry and we avoided almost all mud, and didn't really need lights except as a safety precaution coming back in to Wantage. As a final treat a few of us headed for the garden of Kings Arms and sunk a post ride pint. The first for many many months! | ||
Distance:24.14 km (15.00 mi) | ||
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- 1* - Suitable for irregular, social, beginner or family riders, pace will match the slower riders. Not hilly or long. Expect rides up to 3 hours. Gentle exercise.
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