It was a dry sometimes sunny day with a cool southerly breeze and the forecast of rain later. Thats that out of the way, thirteen in the group i was with left HQ heading for Idless woods. The other group were headed for Perranuthnoe. Our route was to be via Mabe church, Longdowns, but Dean had other ideas and carried straight on at Union corner, dissension already – suppose we better follow him he will get lost otherwise we all […] Read More
Ride report 5th April 2023 The experiment a couple of weeks ago of creating an AI-generated ride report using ChatGPT provoked a totally underwhelming response, so it has been decided to revert to using the tried and tested NS (Natural Stupidity) platform instead. See if you can spot the difference. Who said you can’t teach old dogs new tricks? Last week saw the breath-taking innovation of a trial of using a new gathering point for the OGILs. Instead of the […] Read More
This Autumn, Robin is organising a trip to County Wicklow. Staying at the Glenview Hotel for 5 nights from 17th – 23rd September. There will be an overnight ferry (to be discussed) Costs £515 for 5 nights B & B, single occupancy or £270 sharing. ****Please let Robin know by Easter Sunday****
Pathfinders are always a great day out and all credit to those who organise a route. This months was to be a first to trial a new method of trying to keep riders in small groups leaving gaps so cars, coaches etc can pass more easily. I had picked Victor up at what seemed to be very early, mainly caused by the fact that the clocks had gone forward an hour. Hurrah summer is here. We drove to Gnome world; […] Read More
Pathfinder 26 March 2023 starts from the free car park just uphill from the toilets in Lanivet. OS grid SX038640, what3words flop.cats.harvest Start time is 10:00 BST – clocks change (spring forward) from GMT at 01:00 on 26th. Total ride distance is 27.75 miles. We are riding east to Bodmin to join the lesser-ridden upper section of the Camel Trail at the Borough Arms to pass north of the town. Café stop is at the very end of the trail […] Read More
There has been some chat recently about Sunday rides. At Fred’s request I have arranged a second meeting of the Rides Group at the WL Social Club. Once again all members are welcome. We had a good turnout last month which was very constructive. Indeed I urge anyone with views on any aspect of our Sunday rides and how they might be improved to come along. If you can’t make it but know someone who can ask them to attend […] Read More
This was said to me a long time ago after a hard ride or was it a wet ride? Can’t remember. It has been repeated several times since and I must admit it is true. Well O.K., it gets very close to the “maybe not such a good idea” sometimes. Anyway today’s OGIL ride could easily fall into the category of (not sure). Last week with a dismal outlook only two of us turned up, We got wet. This week […] Read More
It was 9.25am, and raining as I waited alone at Union Corner. I’d just passed Kath going in the other direction (home?) and I was sure no one was coming, Just as I was thinking about doing the Mawnan circuit and going home, Don, Denise and Sonjia arrived. Denise said they were going to Truro, ‘something different’. Sounded interesting so I tagged along. Don had the route worked out on his Garmin – Truro hill (thank goodness I’m now on […] Read More
The forecast was a bit grim, or at least it was on Tuesday. So, when Wednesday came it was still a surprise when nobody except Chairman Fred and a past Chair appeared at the other place. Are we becoming slaves to the forecast which is still not always right? The benefit was that no time was spent blocking the road while we decided on a café. Miss Molly’s it was but on a long curve allowing for a speedy shortcut […] Read More