Reading Time: 2 minutes Sorry for the delay in this week’s blog, Mark Cavendish and Bradley Wiggins took over my Sunday afternoon. As I’m also rubbish at remembering to take photos, this one of Wiggo seems more apt on what was a very special day. Sun (yes that stuff in the sky which is shiny and dead warm) greeted […]
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Category: Road Runs
Describes Sunday Club Runs and other road runs.
To Rainow and back in time for the Champ...
Reading Time: 2 minutes 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...
Reading Time: 2 minutes 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, […]
Radway Green (Short Run) – Sunday 8th Ju
Reading Time: 2 minutes Alan Silver picked up one of the biggest wins of his career this Sunday, taking the sprint for Radway Green. Silver, who has been on good form recently, particularly in the mountains, launched a surprise attacked after a powerful leadout by Wood was held up by traffic lights 200 metres from the finish. Silver using […]
Dagfields (Long & Short) – 1st July 2012
Reading Time: < 1 minute The last time I visited Dagfields it was the weekend before Llanberis. It was a mild, sunny day with lots of talk about the next weekend that lay ahead. It was a cloudier, more relaxed visit this time round with more talk about the Club 10s. Despite dull, overcast skies a good crowd gathered at […]
Blue Moon Cafe, Chester (Short Run) – 24
Reading Time: 2 minutes A reduced field this week gathered at the British Legion, torrential rain earlier in the week had threatened to return but held off enough, the clouds even clearing to let the sun shine through on the way home! 11 riders headed for Loggerheads while the remaining 12 (including 3 new riders) headed direct for Chester […]
Two Mills (Medium Run) – 17th June 2012
Reading Time: 2 minutes Good turnout at the Legion this morning, fine drizzle and overcast skies saw riders don rain capes to start but were soon packed away as the rain stopped and cloud thinned. Having had our picture taken for a Northwich Guardian article we split up into 3 groups, a small group headed for the hills of […]
Two Mills (Short Run) – 27th May 2012
Reading Time: 2 minutes Ady Japp stepped up to lead this Sunday’s short run to Two Mills, with scorching weather on the cards with a sprinkling of a couple of hills along the way it was all set to be a good day out on the bike. 18 of us head out on the short run. Ady lead us […]
Congleton Garden Centre (Short Run) – 20
Reading Time: 2 minutes With the weatherman forecasting barmy temperatures in the week to come and Ian Smith saying it will even last into June, it was a bit of disappointment to roll up at the British Legion avec arm warmers and gilet. A chilly wind while on the bike took away the heat from the sun trying to […]
Parkers Garden Centre (Short Run) – 13th
Reading Time: 2 minutes Unfortunately I didn’t get a photo this weekend which is a shame as it was great to see so many people out in club kit. It was awesome seeing the club colours strung out snaking up the hill into Prestbury. Anyway we woke to a sunny, bright morning as 36 riders met at the British […]
“This is crap I’m going home….”
Reading Time: 3 minutes … one of my wife’s more prophetic quotes. To be honest I was surprised she had got this far, and this far was only 20 minutes from the start! My early morning attempts at bravado had fallen on very suspicious ears. ‘The weather looks fine, we can’t let Derek down, we won’t melt etc etc’ […]
One Cheshire Cup football game today was...
Reading Time: 2 minutes 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 […]