[svccridesupdate] Advance notice of next Tuesday’s Drive to Start Ride
This message provides advance notice of my drive to start ride, planned for next Tuesday, 10th September. (For any new club members, the idea of offering the occasional ride where we drive to the start point is to enable Tuesday riders to explore an area of countryside which would be beyond the reach of an afternoon ride, starting from Stroud).
This is a repeat of a ride we did a year ago which was much enjoyed – we go through some pretty villages and countryside and have some extensive views as we cross the Ridgeway, circumnavigating White Horse Hill. I am sending out information early in order to give you time to liaise with other riders about car sharing and it will also be helpful to know beforehand who plans to join this ride.
Please note the earlier than normal start time of 12.30PM (to ensure we get to the café in Lambourn well before its 3.30pm closing time).
Location of start of ride: Car park in Martens Road, Shrivenham (free parking). what3words location of car park is inferior.galloped.youthful
Directions for start point: Heading south on A419 from Cirencester, take Shrivenham exit (on A420, turning left off A419). After about 3 miles turn right off A420 to Shrivenham. Keep going straight on into Shrivenham until you get to the left turn to Highworth – turn left here and then first left into Martens Road, where the car park is immediately on your left. (There is a height restriction on entry to the car park – if you have your bike on the roof of your car you will need to remove it before entering the car park or it will be removed for you!).
Start time: 12.30pm. Please arrive in good time to be ready to start riding at 12.30pm.
Ride details:
- 36 miles, medium paced, with a coffee stop at Goodies Café, Lambourn.
- A modest 1,472 feet / 449 meters of climbing.
- Route: Shrivenham – Uffington – Letcombe Regis – over the Ridgeway to Lambourn – Ashbury – Bishopstone – Bourton – Shrivenham
- For full details, please use following link: View Shrivenham to Lambourn
Please let me know by email if you plan to come (so that I can check that there is sufficient uptake and I will also then know who to expect at the start point). I will resend the details of the ride on Monday next week.
I look forward to hearing from those of you who would like to join the above ride.
Tom Daltry
Broadridge House, Buckholt Road, Cranham, Glos. GL4 8HF
Tel: +44 (0) 1452 863011 Mob: +44 (0) 7770 815217 email: tom@daltry.net