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Sat Dec 6th 2008
| Moderate Saturday afternoon ride from Grove |
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Leader:Sorrel Williams |
Start Time:1:00 pm |
Start Location:OMH |
Description:Regular Saturday afternoon ride of 60-70km with tea stop.Leaving from Grove and heading towards Lambourn, Ashbury, Compton Beachamp and then onto Uffington, Fawler (and yes, up THAT hill). Back to Wantage via Sparsholt and Childrey. Tea at either the Cornerstone Cafe or Sainsbury's depending on the time and weather. Lights needed and route can be seen here http://bikeroutetoaster.com/Course.aspx?course=25521 |
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Riders:Chris WaltersDavid Bridge Dean Douglas Geoff Neill Henk Altmann (deceased) John Tranter Lyn Taylor Maurice Bawden Mavis Rose Michael Catherall Neil Warner Sorrel Williams Riders = 12 Report:A 'slippery' ride.It all started so well - more riders than were expected for a Winter ride, but at least it was sunny. The ride went through Wantage but followed a short detour due to the roadworks at the Camel roundabouts. Your trusty ride leader decided that it was slippery after all,when she picked herself up from the floor. However, all that was bruised was one ego. We carried on to Letcombes and then up to the top of Sparsholt Firs and onto Lambourn. A fantastic meandering route out of Lambourn with hardly any traffic to arrive at the top of Ashbury. Considering the 'mishap' earlier, it wasn't too much of a surprise that some of us were quite cautious going down the hill into Ashbury - no casualties (apart from Dean's phone...well, I think it was a phone when he showed us all the bits). Onto Knighton, Uffington and then Fawler Hill (it was beginning to get a bit cold as the sun went down). We whizzed through Sparsholt and Childrey to arrive in Wantage Sainsbury's for our tea and cake at 4pm. Fantastic timing and a super route! | ||
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