2012 freewheel winner John Keen maintained bragging rights for another year as he took victory on a very windy Siddington Hill which saw probably the shortest freewheel competition in the club’s history. A good crowd rolled up to the Legion this morning, the 2 inches of snow on Friday evening had been washed away by […]
Off Road Ride 26 Jan
Eight of us made it out for a ride from Hartford rather than the planned Macc Forest due to the snow. It turned out to be extremely hard going in the semi-frozen slushy snow, but good fun nonetheless and a warm sunny day. Up through Davenham then along the tracks to Moulton before descending towards […]
A Mere 200
Having decided on Saturday for the helpers’ and organisers’s route check and some iffy weather forecasts it proved a good move to ride Saturday. I met a regular Auk ( jargon for audax rider) Pete Hammond at home for an 8.30 depart. We met Jim W at Hartford Co-op and picked up Syd R shortly after […]
Henbury (Short Run) – 13th January 2013
Waking up to frost tinged surroundings and a delightful temperature of -2 does make it hard to pull yourself out of bed. Seemingly a lot of people had the same thought with only a handful of riders turning up to the Legion this morning. Graham was on hand with the club dinner tickets and was […]
Weaver Valley Cycling Club Dinner and Pr...
Our annual club dinner, where we actually wear normal clothes and make attempts at socialising, is to be held on the 2nd February 2013. Once again, this will be held at the Winington Park Recreation Club (http://www.wprc.biz/). This year, we are changing the format slightly,in that we have opted for a hot buffet. Dress code […]
Club clothing demo
A club clothing demo? What’s that all about? Well, Claire has handed over the reigns of responsibility for club clothing to Les Teall, and as we are having a stock take and review of the supply of clothing, it’s time to look at options from other suppliers. To this end, Champion Systems are popping along […]
Radway Green (Short Run) – 6th January 2
For many it was to be the first club run of 2013, for all it was the first official club run of 2013 because last week 1. there wasn’t a set destination and 2. I wasn’t there either. Despite the long run departing 30 minutes earlier on their epic trek to Loggerheads, there was still […]
Long Mynd Off Road ride 22 Dec
The day before the Dave Astles memorial ride in much worse weather, 5 of us travelled down to Church Stretton for a superb day riding the tracks and trails of the Long Mynd. Alan K, Tim, Matthew, Steve M and I ignored the weather man and had a brilliant time. Although it was very wet, […]
Dave Astles Memorial Ride – Sunday 23rd
In memory of Dave Astles, the club run on the 23rd December will be a single run to the Ice Cream Farm at Tattenhall. Last year we had an unprecedented amount of riders turn out at very short notice, following the news that he had passed away. Let’s make this years run equally as well […]
Coast – to Coast in a day charity ride
It is a C2C in a day ride. It is to raise money for a project/charity/business which is newly formed to get kids learning new skills and solving problems outdoors – cycling, orienteering etc. All money raised goes into the local community. I will be involved as a volunteer, but I don’t know in what […]
WVCC Audax numbers double
I am pleased to report there has been a 100% increase in wvcc members taking part in 200k events in the last 2 months. The massive increase is due entirely to Jim keeping me company. Yesterday those of us with mettle ( or should that be metal and a screw loose) met at the Hartford […]
Holt 200km- Tour de Cheshire with Derek ...
On the 17th November I completed the Holt Perm 200km Audax in the company of Derek [long distance] Heine. This was my longest ride for over 25 years. A ride out from Hartford, [with an interesting scramble over two crashed cars and a totally blocked road at Whitegate] to Holt, the morning drizzle gave way […]