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Sat Jun 4th 2022
| 3* Saturday Half Day Platinum Jubilee 🇬🇧 Ride. Lambourn Valley - Donnington Castle. | 3* |
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Leader:Eddie Little |
Start Time:9:30 am |
Start Location:The Beacon Wantage. |
Description:Half day ride (60-70km / 38-45 miles), with a tea stop, riding pace of 20-24km/h (13-15mph). Likely to visit distant destinations. Not suitable for irregular riders. Climbing likely.If you would like to join this ride, then please send me an email or text. edlittle157@gmail.com Text 07512645320. Keeping within the spirit of the Jubilee, I thought it would be nice to do a special half day ride & pay a visit to Berkshire’s 600-year-old Donnington Castle which overlooks the beautiful Lambourn Valley. Once we’ve finished our tour of the castle, grounds & views, we’ll head down into the village of Donnington & have our refreshment stop at the Honesty cafe where I’ve booked several tables. The route starts from Wantage & passes mostly through villages & a couple of hamlets, including the Letcombe’s, Lambourn, Great Shefford, Boxford, Winterbourne, Bagnor, Donnington, Curridge, Hermitage, Chieveley, Peasmore, Catmore, West Ilsley & Farnborough. We’ll then enjoy the wonderful chain Hill back down into Wantage. Ride Distance. 45mi/ 72km. |
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Riders:Chris BaileyEddie Little Gerry Jones Jackie Walford Jenny Gower Jo Little John Tranter Sharon Bedford Terry Penn Riders = 9 Weather:   Report:It was really nice to welcome Jackie on this ride who lives in Australia. Jackie is spending some time in the UK visiting family & friends, & also doing something we all enjoy doing & that’s cycling! It was also really wonderful to welcome Jenny & Terry back, after two years of absence from the club. We all look forward to seeing you all on future club rides!We tried out the new Honesty Cafe in Donnington village, a reasonable stop though service was a little slow. Coffee & cakes were very nice, also staff were very friendly so I would happily return! The ride went nice & smoothly with no mechanical’s, traffic conditions were extremely light too! The weather was reasonably kind to us, certainly a mixed bag! Only the odd drop of the wet stuff fell. Mostly cloud to start, followed by cloudy sun which was nice to finish the ride on, though we did experience some very tuff head winds! Many thanks to my wonderful wife Jo for multi-tasking duties, sweeping & secondary leading. Also thanks to everyone for being an amazing group to lead. Hopefully see you all very soon! | ||
Distance:74.03 km (46.00 mi) | ||
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| Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/39514926" | ||
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