Reading Time: 12 minutes The highlight of Summer 2020 It’s taken a few months before I got around to writing this one up – I rode in August 2020, in that narrow window of opportunity to actually ride in and out of Wales between the waves of the pandemic! For a long time I’ve wanted to try riding to […]
WVCC Virtual Club 10 TT – Round 8 Result
Reading Time: 1 minute Tonight’s eighth round of the Virtual Club 10 saw 9 entrants line up for another large dose of pain. It was a tough ride for most but a decent effort from Emily Martin saw her shave a mere 36 seconds off her current virtual PB. A good turn out for the ladies tonight. Winner of […]
New routes on the horizon…
Reading Time: 2 minutes Bit of a micro-blog, but relevant nevertheless. Yesterday, the 26th February 2021, the Silver Jubilee Bridge in Runcorn re-opened after 3 years. Why is this news and being posted on our web site? Simple. It is the first bridge locally that I know of that now has a dedicated and separated cycle roadway. That’s right. […]
WVCC “Virtual” Club 10 TT – Round 7
Reading Time: < 1 minute WVCC “Virtual” Club 10 TT – Round 7 results Tonight’s seventh round of the Virtual Club 10 saw 12 entrants line up. Tonight we had a guest rider, Stavros Avramidis, from Chester Tri Club. Stavros actually helped me set this all up as my “test pilot”. I’ve known him for a while and, give the […]
WVCC “Virtual” Club 10 TT – Round 6
Reading Time: < 1 minute WVCC “Virtual” Club 10 TT – Round 6 results Tonight’s sixth round of the Virtual Club 10 saw 11 souls go mad in the evening shade. It must have been the near tropical conditions outside (or “turbo lag”) that affected most people tonight as the times were generally slower . Tonight’s results as follows:- Men’s1st […]
WVCC “Virtual” Club 10 TT – Round 5
Reading Time: < 1 minute WVCC “Virtual” Club 10 TT – Round 5 results Tonight’s fifth round of the Virtual Club 10 saw all . You would think with an improvement of 46 seconds off your PB that Eleanor Underhill would be a dead cert finisher for the most improved person of the night. That would ordinarily be the case […]
WVCC “Virtual” Club 10 TT – Round 4
Reading Time: < 1 minute The fourth round of the Virtual Club 10 saw everyone finish. Most improved this week was Rob Dacey who took 65 seconds off his PB! Other notable improvers were Alex Chaffey-Green (-41 seconds) and Adrian Japp (-26 seconds) with no electricals! Tonight’s results as follows:- Men’s 1st – Matthew Heath – 22:092nd – Sam Taylor […]
WVCC “Virtual” Club 10 TT – Round 3
Reading Time: < 1 minute Tonight’s third round of the Virtual Club 10 saw everyone who finished improve on their previous times to record a PB. There must have been a favourable “virtual” wind”! Time improvements ranged from 32 seconds to 1 second. Well done everyone. Unfortunately Ady had a “virtual” mechanical and retired. Tonight’s results as follows:- Men’s 1st […]
The Big LEJOG Blog!
Reading Time: 19 minutes LEJOG 28th May to 6th June 2015 Carl asked me if I would join him and 3 others on a ride from Lands End to John-O-Groats. It was to be part of his celebrations for his 50th birthday. Having had a couple of health scares, stents in 2012 and then AF and an ablation in […]
WVCC “virtual” Club 10 TT – Round 2
Reading Time: < 1 minute Tonight’s Virtual Club 10 (Round 2) results Men’s 1st – Harry Dexter – 21:552nd – Matthew James Heath – 22:023rd – Sam Taylor – 22:35 Ladies 1st – Helen Ferber Lonsdale – 24:532nd – Emily Martin – 24:583rd – Kaylee Jane Inglis – 25:02 Just for fun and a bit more of interest a Virtual […]
Inaugural WVCC “virtual” Club 10 TT
Reading Time: 2 minutes Wednesday evenings once again saw the return of the Club 10 but with a slight difference. The first WVCC “Virtual” Club 10 Time Trial of the Tempus Fugit course on Zwift’s Watopia. With everything new there were a few teething problems with Craig unable to get in despite an invite. Titch had a last minute […]
COVID-19 Update. What you can and can’t
Reading Time: 2 minutes Given that we are now in a second lockdown, and our movements are now greatly restricted, please now ensure that you obey what is in fact law, and keep yourselves and your families safe. British Cycling has provided some guidance in line with the new national restrictions. I fully expect all club members to abide […]