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Sat Feb 8th 2025
| 2* Saturday Half Day Ride | 2* |
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Leader:John Tranter |
Start Time:9:30 am |
Start Location:OMH |
Description: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).Heading south to hopefully minimise flooding problems, so a bit of climbing involved. However, we are keeping it as short as possible whilst still enjoying the Lambourn Valley and (importantly) Priscilla's Kitchen in East Garston. 28 miles / 45km |
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Report:It was one of those days where you have to wait until you fling back the curtains to see what weather might present itself. In the event, it was damp and cold with a niggling northeasterly wind, but not dangerous, so the ride was on!A nice group was mad enough to join me and we set off in the gloom. It got gloomier up on the Ridgeway as we conquered Hackpen Hill, but at least that gave Anke the chance to take moody photos. We had a good wind assisted run down to Lambourn and along the river valley to the always wonderful Priscilla's in East Garston. Those cakes... A unanimous group decision was taken to extend the ride by a few miles to see the snowdrops at Welford Park and this was definitely well worth it. We then turned into the headwind for the slog up through Brightwalton and the swoop down Chain Hill and home. All of us definitely felt this one, but it was definitely worth it! | ||
Distance:56.33 km (35.00 mi) | Ride Details:https://ridewithgps.com/trips/252605474 | |
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| Proposed Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/46198370" | ||
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