Auntie Helen
Ich bin Powerfrau!
- Location
- 47906 Kempen, Germany
Hope you all had a grand time!
Somerset Cycle Ride,like the Larndan ones.
- Thread starter User
- Start date
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it was brilliant.
Lots of pics taken which hopefully will get posted soon. It was fine and dry but surprisingly windy .
Great cafe stop .Whilst we were there at least 60+ cyclists poured in from every direction whilst we scoffed our Walnut cake !
The last leg to Burnham seafront was hard work against the headwind . Everyone signed the CC jersey and Andy was the lucky bloke to take it home (not)
The levels are a great place to cycle. Most of the morning we hardly saw a car.I hope we do another ride some time soon when the weather is better.
Well done maggot for organising it .10/10
Lots of pics taken which hopefully will get posted soon. It was fine and dry but surprisingly windy .
Great cafe stop .Whilst we were there at least 60+ cyclists poured in from every direction whilst we scoffed our Walnut cake !
The last leg to Burnham seafront was hard work against the headwind . Everyone signed the CC jersey and Andy was the lucky bloke to take it home (not)
The levels are a great place to cycle. Most of the morning we hardly saw a car.I hope we do another ride some time soon when the weather is better.
Well done maggot for organising it .10/10
Chuffy
Veteran
- Location
- On the banks of the Exe
Splendid day chaps (and bumpy chaps, of course). Baggy and m'self are now slumped in front of a roaring fire having gorged ourselves bandy on stew and ice-cream. Calorie deficit, what calorie deficit? 
Nice to meet you all and put some faces to names. Who's up for a bash round some of the flatter bits of Devon some time soon?
And thank you to User76 for organising with military precision.
Nice to meet you all and put some faces to names. Who's up for a bash round some of the flatter bits of Devon some time soon?
And thank you to User76 for organising with military precision.
Rhythm Thief
Veteran
Yes, a jolly good day. Ms RT and I had a thoroughly good time, and I may have rediscovered my cycling mojo because of this weekend. Cheers Maggot, and it was nice to meet everyone too.
Keep an eye out for a (rather hillier) ride around Monmouth soon.
Keep an eye out for a (rather hillier) ride around Monmouth soon.
Aperitif
Meme bar
- Location
- ...I don't have much idea - really.
Great photo - full of sun and fun! And sea as well - you lucky lot.
DJ
Formerly known as djtheglove
- Location
- On my bike in the smoke!!!!!!!!!!
Nice to see what some of you yokels, look like, and to find out who has hair and who does not have hair!!!
summerdays
Cycling in the sun
- Location
- Bristol
Rhythm Thief said:Yes, a jolly good day. Ms RT and I had a thoroughly good time, and I may have rediscovered my cycling mojo because of this weekend. Cheers Maggot, and it was nice to meet everyone too.
Keep an eye out for a (rather hillier) ride around Monmouth soon.
Hmm... on the way back from the wedding we let the Sat Nav guide us back due to my inebriation (I'm normally the map reader) and as a result we saw alot of single track back roads up and down!!! around Monmouth. Though it did look nice around there.
Gutted I missed out, though my parents unexpectantly appeared too (so I didn't even get out on the bike around here
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Chuffy
Veteran
- Location
- On the banks of the Exe
Yay mojo!Rhythm Thief said:Yes, a jolly good day. Ms RT and I had a thoroughly good time, and I may have rediscovered my cycling mojo because of this weekend. Cheers Maggot, and it was nice to meet everyone too.
Keep an eye out for a (rather hillier) ride around Monmouth soon.
Hi everybody, thanks to all, especially Maggot, for a super day. We should do something like this more often.
Peanut reckoned he could hear the banjos playing when we went past some of those cider barns!
Below is a link to the map taken on my Garmin:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:...trail/kml/episode.kml?episodePkValues=7682500
Peanut reckoned he could hear the banjos playing when we went past some of those cider barns!
Below is a link to the map taken on my Garmin:
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=http:...trail/kml/episode.kml?episodePkValues=7682500
Baggy
Cake connoisseur
- Location
- Where the chevrons are
It was a grand day out and lovely to meet everyone.
Thanks in particular to User76 for tracking down Chuffy when he went on a little detour...
After pedalling down quiet country lanes we stopped for tea at one of Somerset's finest cultural attractions:
It served tea in PROPER pots:
While we were enjoying our tea we were stalked by a suspicious looking photographer, who must surely have been after a shot of of buff, fit cyclists in their prime:
User76 then tricked Andy into taking the jersey:
It was well worth getting up at 6.30am for.
Thanks in particular to User76 for tracking down Chuffy when he went on a little detour...
After pedalling down quiet country lanes we stopped for tea at one of Somerset's finest cultural attractions:
It served tea in PROPER pots:
While we were enjoying our tea we were stalked by a suspicious looking photographer, who must surely have been after a shot of of buff, fit cyclists in their prime:
User76 then tricked Andy into taking the jersey:
It was well worth getting up at 6.30am for.
Chuffy
Veteran
- Location
- On the banks of the Exe
Ahem! That wasn't a detour. I was trying to retrieve an errant Rhythm Thief after he turned off. Turned out that he'd nipped behind a hedge for a wee while I sailed on past in search of him...Baggy said:Thanks in particular to User76 for tracking down Chuffy when he went on a little detour...
Chuffy said:Ahem! That wasn't a detour. I was trying to retrieve an errant Rhythm Thief after he turned off. Turned out that he'd nipped behind a hedge for a wee while I sailed on past in search of him...
Polluting the waterways. Tsk! If I ever fall into the rhynes on the way to work, I know one day it will happen, I shall remember that!
T'was a very good day, I enjoyed it very much. Thanks for organising it User76 and for everyone for turning up. It's got my cycling mojo back too. I'm planning a route to cycle next weekend on the back of this ride. I'll get some interval training in on the railway bridge to prepare for a Monmouth or Exeter ride!
tdr1nka
Taking the biscuit
- Location
- SE London, Bandit Country
Great to see the pic's and put faces to names, nice one User76 for putting it together and getting RT back on his bike!
Now, all we need to do is organise a big central UK ride and get all the regions together!?
*tdr1nka goes into logistics meltdown*
Now, all we need to do is organise a big central UK ride and get all the regions together!?
*tdr1nka goes into logistics meltdown*
