Falmouth Wheelers
The wonderful world wide web reveals the origins of the name Audax as thus; “French from Italian (apparently originally with reference to a ride from Rome to Naples first held in 1897), from Latin audax, audac- ‘bold, daring’ (see audacious).” Certainly anyone attempting to ride Simon’s permanent “Tour of Kernow” could be described as bold – or daring – or just a little bonkers! It’s 450km and the time limit is 30 hrs. There are three ferries to catch. And […] Read More
Another fine, sunny and almost windless day; everybody in short sleeves. After negotiating unprecedented levels of traffic, including a giant tractor, on the road up from Union Corner, there were eleven of us when we met at the Other Place. Suggestions of Poldhu had already been made on social media, and no-one demurred, so Poldhu it was. An uneventful ride to Gweek (apart from the traffic) followed, although we did have a bit of a wait there as Kath was […] Read More
21st June. The Summer Solstice and our grandsons sixth birthday. And the day that Raymond left us. We draw up outside our son’s house and I receive a call from Ian. How am I to bring these worlds together, grief and happiness. It’s a cruel world that has them rub shoulders on this day. As we stand on our son’s patio with an excited grandchild dressed as a US cop brandishing his handcuffs I notice that the plastic paddling pool […] Read More
Great news – we found Miss Molly’s Tea Room up and running today, almost like old times! They’re doing take away with an extensive menu, and all the hot drinks. We expected to sit outside but were invited in…Sonjia’s beans on toast were almost off the plate, there was so much, Jo rated her sausage bap as excellent, and my walnut cake was the best I’ve ever had there. The staff were so pleased to see us again, after nearly […] Read More
Not an OGIL ride report Wednesday 1st July 2020 By an amazing coincidence, nothing at all to do with Dean’s post on Facebook, a number of OGILs congregated at Union Corner on Wednesday, even including Sylvia who claimed she was substituting for Kath (?). We rode in a socially distanced formation towards the Other Place, where strangely more OGILs had arrived simultaneously at the same time. Naturally, there was a fair amount of news to talk to each other about, […] Read More
It is with a very heavy heart that I open this months meeting. We heard the tragic news on Sunday that Raymond had died whilst out riding his motorcycle. Raymond was one of life’s great guys and it’s so very hard to say all we need to about Raymond in a few sentences. He’s known as being a supportive rider, always there to encourage and an especially good friend. When there are more details these will be published with the […] Read More
Sadly this weekend the Wheelers have lost one of our most popular members. Many members will have fond memories of Raymond and his exploits on a bike. Feel free to add them here and on our Facebook page. Message from Raymond’s family. Hello all, I would like to say Thank you very much for the card & flowers sent to Raymond’s mum. She loved them, we also Thank you for your kind words messages. Raymond will be sadly missed […] Read More
10 Wheelers lined the driveway to Penmount Crematorium on Thursday to say our goodbyes to Keith. Many other Wheelers who weren’t able to be there sent their best wishes. There were also 6 One and All club riders there too. Maggie, Keith’s wife showed her gratitude to us all offering our support. We learned that Keith was born in Croydon and has been sporty and competitive all of his life especially with his brother. He loved skiing, tennis, table tennis, […] Read More
With the regulations changing yet again, allowing six people to meet out of doors, three of us – Paula, Jo and myself- decided to ride to St Mawes, as a change from this side of the Carrick Roads. Sunday started grey, cold and damp, but the rain held off as we went up Truro Hill, down to the Norway Inn, through Suicide Alley to Devoran, which was still very quiet for June, and climbed up to the Feock road , […] Read More
It’s with great sadness that I have to deliver the news that Falmouth Wheelers member Keith R passed away on Thursday afternoon. I will speak to his wife Maggie tomorrow and we give her our deepest condolences.