Reading Time: 2 minutes 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 ...
Reading Time: < 1 minute 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 […]
Audlem (Short Run) – 18th November 2012
Reading Time: 2 minutes Dead ends aren’t good. If you see a sign which says dead end and cycle down it, you know there is going to be trouble at the end. Be it rough cycleway, hauling bikes over gates, squeezing through gaps or narrow bridges. When Graham Gregory lead the short run down a dead end 5 miles […]
Whinlatter Duathlon and Great Expectatio...
Reading Time: < 1 minute Third time I’ve done this event and it’s a classic. 6.5k run, 18k bike and 5.5k run – all hilly and rough terrain. Tim was fantastic with 15 place from 160 finishers in a time of 2hr15min. I was way down in 2hr 43min, but only 10mins slower than last year and it was a lovely […]
Riverside Cafe Chester (Short Run) – 11.
Reading Time: 2 minutes Today’s short run ventured to Riverside Cafe in Chester. A beautiful sunny morning saw a good crowd of around 40 roll up at the Legion. Being Rememberance Sunday we were joined by a band unfortunately they didn’t give us a tune! 3 runs saw Ian Smith and Craig take a small sized group over to […]
The thin blue line
Reading Time: 2 minutes An intriguing decision at the Legion this morning – hmmm – having got into Manchester Airport last night at 12.30 am after six days of cycling round Mallorca – shall I go for a murderous ride up several hills in the Peaks with our club mountain goats – or join the civilised and more relaxed ride […]
Don’t forget to set your clocks this wee
Reading Time: < 1 minute It’s getting cooler, the shorts are now accompanied by leggings, and you desperately spend an hour looking for that other Sealskinz glove before the club run on Sunday (well I do)! This means that the clocks are about to go back – this Sunday morning in fact. This also means that the club runs revert […]
Cyclo Cross 21 October
Reading Time: 2 minutes A glorious calm, sunny day made the event all the more enjoyable. The addition of a butty and burger van along with proper car parking helped with the smooth running of the event. 105 riders contested the main race around an extended, more challenging course at the usual venue of Greenbank, Northwich. Paul Bethell (Team Elite) led […]
Tim – the master of the bodge repair str
Reading Time: 3 minutes The alarm had gone off and I was just starting to come to, when El rolled over and said ‘Kev do you know what I’d really like?’ Now the males amongst you will appreciate how a question like that can prompt over six hundred thoughts in under a second, all revolving around one subject. However, […]
Club Runs are never boring with Chris B
Reading Time: 4 minutes I don’t know how these things happen, I guess it’s destiny (or stupidity) but I found myself leading a club run to Loggerheads with no planning and no Garmin (forgot to charge it). Now I know roughly where Loggerheads is and I’ve been there lots of times and my instinct was to go sort of […]
WVCC Autumn Road Race 2012
Reading Time: < 1 minute This Sunday sees the annual Autumn Road Race around the challenging Budworth circuit. A field of 59 riders will take part. Start sheet for the event is here: WVCC 2012 Autumn Road Race Start Sheet. As always, marshals and helpers are needed, so if you can help, let Alan Silver know (see the contacts page) so […]
Weaver Valley CC J9/7 – ‘Cat and Fiddle’
Reading Time: 2 minutes Sunday 23rd September 2012 For the final time from me, before I hand over to Derek, I would like to thank the timekeepers (Jimmy and Tony) and the members of the Weaver Valley CC who have helped to develop this event over the years. An event is nothing without its riders and I would like […]