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 […]
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Rumble in the Jungle
Although we set off as one group from the Legion, it was soon decided that a “long group” should separate off and make their own way to Malpas, with the idea of then setting off for Prees. The minor problem was that we were without any leader, and none of us knew where we were […]
Eccleshall
It was good to see lots of riders at the club, all enthused no doubt by the Tour and the Olympics. A large group of 18 set off on the long run to Eccleshall, led very ably by Kris on some lovely quiet Cheshire lanes which I for one didn’t recognise. We were promised a flat […]
To Rainow and back in time for the Champ...
Kev offered to lead the longer run to Rainow, but this suggestion was met with a universal “but we want to be back in time for the Tour”. So Kev promised that we’d be back for 2 p.m. – and we nearly were. It was a beautiful day for a ride to the hills, and we […]
Alternative Weaver Valley club run Sunda...
Kev and I had arranged to meet Chris and Matt Gilbertson, and Benn Jones, for a club run with a difference – it would start in Morzine, in the French Alps. Chris had suggested we should ride a circular route to include the Col de Joux Plane, which sounded fun – what he didn’t tell us, […]
TLI5
A warm evening and fast racing tonight. John Keen finished safely in the bunch in his race. Alan won his race easily – or it looked easy to me. He rode on his own for the last 2.5 laps – particularly harsh, as this was one lap too many, due to an oversight from some bloke called […]
TLI4
Here we all are, lined up before the race – nerves jangling, adrenalin pumping. A few WVCC riders in evidence – Kev, Nick B, Carol, John Keen, Julian, Andy Newby, Richard Munro, Mark Thompson and me – with Alan and Tim marshalling this week. A good race was had by all. Our race (Carol, Mark and I […]
TLI 2
Only four laps tonight, because of the gloom – even at 6 p.m. cars had their lights on. I for one was pleased about this decision! Anyway the rain held off, the roads were reasonably dry, temperatures remained marginally above freezing, and all the races went off without incident. Only a few WVCC riders out […]
TLI 1
Well as you can see from the photo (for which thanks – or in my case no thanks! – to John Keen) – Carol was out for a gentle cruise, whilst I was doing some serious suffering – funny that, given that we were both riding in the same race! It was a clear dry evening […]
One Cheshire Cup football game today was...
A perfect day for a ride – and a long one it was too: Jules recorded 86 miles at an average speed of 16.8 mph which was going some, given that the ride included some hilly terrain. Craig had planned a fabulous route to Loggerheads – we went out through Tattenhall and Holt, and enjoyed/endured some interesting […]
Long run to Prees
A beautiful day and a great route from Craig. We all set off at a fair lick up to Beeston Castle and to Malpas via Gallantry Bank. On the way out of Malpas Craig called a right which only four of us on the back of the bunch heard – the rest of the riders […]
Cheddleton and the mystery of the alpaca...
A Craig-inspired adventure today, over yonder hills to Cheddleton. We had a good group out and they set a good pace out past Congleton and Astbury – and then the climbing started, on occasion along the Cheshire Cat route – and didn’t stop until we finally reached the cafe – which was very nice, other […]