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Sat Mar 9th 2024
| 2* Saturday Half Day Ride | 2* |
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Leader:Stephanie Haddrell |
Start Time:10:00 am |
Start Location:OMH |
Description:A 38mile Ride out to Root One for coffee, one of my favourite local Garden Centres. Lovely gift shop and superb plants with specialist advisers, and a great cafe, because 2* rides are all about the Cake! We are heading out Ardington and the cycle path to Milton, skirting around Chiltern and taking cycle paths through Didcot before tackling Sires Hill and making our way to Root one for coffee and cake/Brunch. Once suitably refreshed we will head up to Wittenham clumps, this being the final climb of the day as the return route is in the Vale via Appleford, Drayton and the Hanneys. A slightly Longer half day ride return expected around 1.30pm Please pre-book for this ride by contacting the ride leader. Half day ride (45-55km / 30-40 miles), with a tea stop, at a riding pace of 18-20km/h (11-13mph). Not likely to be very hilly. Might be a struggle for new or irregular riders in winter months. |
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Report:Well it had been a difficult week with bike and technical problems but both were resolved( thanks Roger!) and a ride out with friends was just the ticket!We headed out to Lockinge and onto the cycleway to Harwell with a rather challenging head wind which continued for most of the morning. We road on to Upton and then along the cycle path to Didcot lovely to be off road although the path was busy with cyclists dogwalkers and horses! Arriving in Didcot we navigated the plethora of cycle paths before joining the road, up sires Hill and then onto Wallingford. It was a relief to be out of the wind and to refuel with some hot food. The way back was to be less challenging with a tail wind, having got the hills out of the way immediately after lunch all was fine and dandy. ... or so I thought as I admired the views and the purpose built mountain bike track in the woods coming out of Long Wittenham, It hit me literally...a bollard! Thankfully, apart form a few bruises and feeling very foolish all was well. Thank goodness for a tail wind for the return journey and good friends! We all made it back safely via Drayton Steventon and Hanney to Costa. | ||
Distance:62.44 km (38.80 mi) | ||
| Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/41492744" | ||
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