The weather forecast wasn’t as good as it had been, rain at 11, or rain before 11, depending on which report you read, so I was surprised that Fred suggested we go to the Lizard. But there were no other bids, so the Lizard it was going to be. Jenny was back with us after her solo trip to Wales and beyond, sporting a bright new helmet, and Kiwi Dave was there so could interpret for us. The “rain before […] Read More
Eleven OGILS met up at TOP and before the usual discussions ensued I suggested trying out the new Café at Stithians called Lakeside. Now as you all know Sithians is not far so a route was devised. We set off for Gweek and Mike C left us as he had to return to base to do some work, its nice to see him out again with his modified bicyclette. We regrouped at Gweek and headed off for Mawgan then Trelawarren […] Read More
Our usual get-together at the Woodlane Social Club, Falmouth Find out what the Wheelers have been up to in the last month and what’s coming up for the rest of the year. PLUS Adrian Mitchell Reading from Matt Seaton’s The Escape Artist – Adrian says, ‘I wanted to read a few passages from ‘The Escape Artist’, one of my favourite cycling books, because for me Matt Seaton evokes the essence of what it’s like to be on a bike: descending […] Read More
OGIL ride report 10th August 2022 Even though the early morning OGIL splinter group continued its efforts to avoid the heat of the sun by starting out an hour earlier, the stalwarts still managed to number a healthy seven when we congregated at ToP. We may have been slightly later leaving UC than planned as we were absorbed by the sight of a strange insect on the wall. Dean the Elder’s entomological curiosity led him to photograph the bug in […] Read More
Less than a couple of weeks before Denise, Don M and Sonjia are off to northern parts, only to cycle back again. They will be leaving on 15 August to ride the 1038 miles from John O’Groats to Land End in 15 days. D & D are well stocked up on Duracell AAAs whilst Sonjia is doing it the old fashioned way. Just follow the van, Sonjia. Denise is fundraising for Breast Cancer UK so if you haven’t yet contributed, […] Read More
OGIL ride report 27th July 2022 The OGIL WhatsApp group was alight with discussion about an early start, initiated by Damien who had to be back at midday for an unspecified reason. He got a surprisingly large response for a ride start of 7.30 with three other OGILs (names withheld to protect the guilty) deserting the normal ride to savour the early morning dew. That left just seven of us to congregate as the Continuity OGILs at ToP, where the […] Read More
The meeting was well attended, and there were apologies from Phil S, Steve and Jill L, Sarah, Jan, Margaret and Martyn, and Mike C. Past Events: July10th – Martyn’s 200 and 300k Audax took place – Robin did the 300k and Phil C, the 200k. Also on that day was the Red river Blue Sea 100k, and the 50k Peter’s Point. Ten Wheelers took part, including Sarah who took and extra long route! July 17th – The Coast and Clay […] Read More
They said we could have fun if it stopped raining. You knew it was the start of school holidays because the weather changed so instead of moaning about the heat we could moan about the cold and damp, still us brits are good at it. Sometimes I wonder what we would talk about if not for our weather, how do them foreign chappys manage I suppose they discuss financial trade or nuclear fusion I suppose we will never know. Fourteen […] Read More
OGIL ride report 20th July 2022 Fresh from reading about record-breaking temperatures across the UK (though not, apparently, in Cornwall), everyone turned up at UC in shorts and short-sleeved jerseys and sporting double water bottles to avert the risk of dehydration. That is, everyone except Ian, who warned us that we were all dressed for 30C when the forecast was for 18C, feeling like 15C after taking into account the wind chill. Of course, nobody listened to him (they rarely […] Read More
OGIL ride report 13th July 2022 Little did we suspect when we started the ride that we would be witnessing more Cornish wildlife in one morning than we would usually see in a season, although the ‘life’ part of that phrase turned out not to be entirely appropriate. But more of that later. First, the UC contingent was surprised to see Mike (the American) waiting at ToP along with the others with what looked like a large vacuum flask bolted […] Read More