With no Audax or Pathfinder rides this year I thought I’d try and whip up some enthusiasm for an away day ride where a different starting place would give us an opportunity to cycle on different roads…. how many more times can you go up Halvasso? So, with a favourable forecast and many messages later, five of the OGILs I usually cycle with planned to meet at the lay-by just past the Chinese restaurant near Perranuthnoe at 9.30 to make […] Read More
OGIL ride Wednesday 7th October 2020 With the Rule of Six becoming a reality, the usual method of organising the OGIL rides of everyone turning up at Union Corner or the Other Place and then debating what the destination should be and what route we should take obviously cannot continue. But the default replacement method of using the OGIL WhatsApp group to negotiate numbers etc was clearly not ideal. Simon noted a total of 60 messages on the group about […] Read More
The forecast was looking grim but with 45,000 people participating in the virtual London marathon I thought I ought venture out. If they can get out there so can I. Jan was taking part and her finish line was Portreath so I decided to use my old mountain bike and go down the Bissoe trail. It wasn’t raining for most of the ride on the way there, just a few lovely puddles to ride through. As I arrived at Portreath […] Read More
I’ve received the email below from Julie Rand of Cycling UK regarding our recent article regarding our Lockdown activities. As a club it would be fantastic if we won an award though it is a privilege to be nominated and we should be very proud to have received the nomination. Hi Kath I’m very pleased to let you know that your group has been nominated for a Cycling UK Going the Extra Mile: Lockdown Love Award 2020 for maintaining group morale and […] Read More
Kath is away this week so she’s asked me to do the ‘website meeting’ – which should have been our last one! We were all looking forward to the opening of Wood Lane Social Club next month, and holding our first real live get-together in seven months on October 29th, and a Pathfinder on 18th, but sadly, these are impossible now, with the new Covid rules banning more than six meeting in groups. Cycling UK’s advice, updated on Sept 14th, […] Read More
OGIL ride Wednesday 23rd September, 2020 Dean’s bid for Ruan Highlanes as a destination met with general approval from the Team Union Corner, despite the necessity of having a pound for the King Harry Ferry (the feel of loose change weighing down the pockets is now but a distant memory). A trip to the Roseland is but a rare event in the life of the average OGIL. But the Met Office had other ideas, and the forecast rapidly deteriorated as […] Read More
After Kath sought guidance from fellow Ogils about riding within the ‘rule of six’ edict from the government, over 50 WhatsApp messages pinged around! Eventually a decision was made to have two separate groups setting off at the usual times but going to different destinations- the Union Corner riders to Woodman’s Cabin at Idless and The Other Place group to The Cabin at Perranuthnoe. Adrian was waiting in the gateway when I arrived, quickly followed by Simon, Ian and Amanda. […] Read More
OGIL ride Wednesday 16th September 2020 The first OGIL ride after the new Rule of Six was introduced, and the WhatsApp lines were abuzz with suggestions and counter-suggestions about how to organise the ride(s). A kind of consensus was reached that the first six to voice their intention to meet at Union Corner would do so, and would ride to Dean’s preferred destination of the Woodmans Cabin at Idless. Another group of no more than six would meet at the […] Read More
Everyone should go on at least one pub ride. Of this i’m certain. Apart from the obvious pleasure to be had by cycling along pot-holed roads, half of the time in the dim of twilight, and of course the hoppiness of the beer, there is the bon hommie, aka Ian, the repartee and wit of the accompanying wheelers and the general depth of conversation covering general knowledge, up to date politics, sport and man jokes. The details of such are, […] Read More
OGIL ride, Wednesday 9th September 2020 By the time we got to the Other Place we were fourteen strong, which must be close to a record for an OGIL ride. Not only were we graced with the presence of Fred, possibly for the first time since lockdown started, but we also had John. John claimed to be an old school friend of Ian (I thought Ian didn’t have any friends), and was out with us for a second time in […] Read More