Falmouth Wheelers
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
Raymond was born on Saint Mary’s Isles of Scilly, 25 August 1962. His parents were Robert & Eileen Tucker. His dad was a Baker, then went on to building work. Raymond was raised with sister Wendi & brother Dez. A few years later the family moved to Saint Keverne which has remained home for Raymond ever since. Raymond attended Saint Keverne primary school, completing his education at Helston Secondary School. When he was sixteen years old he joined the Merchant […] Read More
Sunday ride 30th August 2020 The Sunday Long Ride group on WhatsApp had already agreed to Ian’s suggestion of Wheal Coates via a zigzag route – “the right roads but not necessarily in the right order”. I’m not sure exactly what happened, but all twelve of us that congregated at HQ just followed the Pied Piper of Penryn when he set off, including us slouches as well as the fast brigade. We probably did so just out […] Read More
Last month I was a week early with the meeting, this month I’m a little late. That’s the joy of the flexibility of the internet. We toyed with the idea of holding an outdoor meeting and it nearly happened but the good old British weather soon put paid to that. The forecast was dreadful and we cancelled, so here I am typing this while the sun shines through the window, typical!! The meetings in real time look as if they […] Read More