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Sun Jul 9th 2023
| Off Road Sunday Ride | 2* |
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Leader:Eddie Little |
Start Time:9:00 am |
Start Location:The Lord Nelson Pub Wantage |
Description:Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Off-road half day ride around local tracks, usually 15-30 miles. Knobbly tyres required. We are keen to welcome new riders of all abilities. Sometimes we ride in cold and/or wet - but please let us know if you are coming so we can tell you if we decide to cancel due to bad weather or other reasons.For this ride we’ll be covering around 20 miles of some nice trails around the Lockinge, Hendred & Beedon Manor Farm Estates. From the Nelson we’ll head across to the Ridgeway, then take the nice descent through Old Street passing on through Bluebell Wood, Catmore, Beedon Common, Red Lane & West Ilsley. We’ll then follow The Ridgeway as far as Scutchhamer Knob, from this point we’ll descend to Chilton Garden Centre Cafe for morning coffee. Once refreshed we’ll follow the Sustrans route 544 from Harwell Campus back via the Hendreds, Ardington & Lockinge finishing at The Lord Nelson Wantage. Ride distance 20 miles 32km. Expect to be back in Wantage for around 12:30pm. This route is suitable for gravel bikes. |
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Report:Just three of us for this ride which worked really well. It was nice to welcome Liz on her first ride with the club. A little damp to start with but the sun soon broke through leaving us with a lovely sunny & warm ride along the trails of the Hendred, Lockinge & Beedon Manor Farm Estates. Elevenses was taken courtesy of Chilton Garden Centre. A nice cafe which provides plenty of indoor & outdoor dining very close to the Ridgeway. A lovely ride with great company & incident free. | ||
Distance:43.45 km (27.00 mi) | ||
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