..we went to the Mills. Given the interesting weather, including an even more interesting wind, I didn’t want to ride back from the cafe into a head wind, so decided on a different – call it unimaginative if you will – trip to the Mills, knowing full well that we’d be into the wind, with the […]
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Describes Sunday Club Runs and other road runs.
To Egypt and Back
Following a wet Saturday, a hardy bunch arrived this morning hoping for better weather, it was quite mild for this time of year, with some even wearing shorts. Ady took the short run to the Mills, and we (the long Run) went to Cleopatra’s in Holt (formerly Hildegard’s). We set off via Weaverham and Gorstage, […]
To Holt with the Wednesday Wrinklies…
I managed to get a day off work today and enjoyed a rare ride out with our wrinkly colleagues. Well they might be wrinkly, but they’re still very fit and also very friendly and chatty. And they’re very bad at setting off on time. I was at the meeting point at 9.45 and we finally […]
A season of mist and mellow fruitfulness...
We had a good group out today on the short run, which was heading for the Lavender Barn at Dunham Village. We rode along pretty Cheshire lanes, in good formation and at a steady pace. The mist never relented and the road surfaces were wet and greasy, made even trickier by wet leaves on all […]
Clocks go back this weekend!
Don’t forget now will you? At 02:00 on the 25th October (early Sunday morning when you are fast asleep), the clocks will go back an hour! This is probably fine if you use a smart phone or computer as they’ll probably set themselves. Best to check though! You really don’t want to turn up an […]
A fast ride to Ruthin and back
Well having dithered about whether I was up to doing the long run or not, I decided to go for it, encouraged by the fact that John Keen (he of the “I hit the wall” forum post from last weekend) was doing it too and he might prove a useful ally at the back. A […]
The Wild Wales Challenge
A dozen or so WVCC riders rode in the Wild Wales Challenge today, enjoying/enduring a tough 85 mile route with no less than 7,500 feet of ascent. We started in Bala, climbed up to the Bwlch-y-Groes, then down and up and down and up and down and up to the outskirts of Barmouth, then Dolgellau, […]
Too late for a blog…. so not a blog… and
Far too late to be posting a blog on a Wednesday about last Sunday’s run, so here are a couple of pictures instead. Of note though, was that it was a really nice day, and that we got there and back before the rain later on. Also of note is that Carol accuses me of […]
All the ladies… and a few blokes too.. S
After a sunny Saturday, I changed the TBA to the Mills. Lack of imagination, maybe, but a great destination on an August Sunday. I turned up at the club to already find a couple of lady club members, and soon there were more, until they were five strong, lined up and looking determined. There were […]
Ferry Across the Mersey Ride 2015
The weather looked okay for today, with some variable reports of rain and the like at varying times of the day! A good sized group met at the swing bridge and two more joined us in Runcorn to make 17 as we took the usual route through Runcorn, over the bridge to Widnes, and then […]
The race to Tatton – the return of the b
The forecast looked good, with only a slight chance of showers, so the planned beginners ride was on. At 9:45, Al and I rode to the empty car park at the legion and patiently waited, pondering what might or might not be. We didn’t wait long before the first arrived and introduced themselves. Clearly we […]
Dodleston, the return
There was rain early in the day to wet the roads, so some of us came along ready with mudguards and overshoes just in case. Some did not. Skies had finished emptying the rain though, and we set off at a steady pace off towards Delamere. After the customary break at Hatchmere, we set off […]