Several keen enthusiastic riders met at H.Q. I decided to join the long ride as it was such a luverly day. Eight of us set off via Budock church no man’s land lane etc. Well that is seven plus yours truly trying to keep up, by the time we had reached the top of Halvasso I began to think I had stumbled across the peleton of some manic tour I was unaware of, I enquired as to whether the pace […] Read More
Six of us turned up at Union Corner for the ‘Half Hour Late OGIL ride’; although that may not be a good name as I would not wish to offend the glamorous ladies present (bearing in mind I was almost an interloper)! A better title could be ‘Young Ladies in Lycra’ – rearrange the letters and that would be Lilys plus two blokes – perhaps I should give up now before I dig myself in deeper? The six were Don […] Read More
There was no John at Union Corner, no Kath (no excuse), no Mike, and no Richard; and at the other place there was no Paul, no Jan, and no Keith. After being one of only three who turned out on Sunday I was wondering whether actually cycling was loosing its attraction amongst club members. Ian, Phil1 and myself met up with Mike2 and Andrew at Argal crossroads, with Andrew’s bike turned turtle and the two of them attempting to change […] Read More
What an amazing weekend! As you might gather from the title it didn’t all go to plan but it was a great experience. Me and Paul set off up the road from Cornwall at 6:00 a.m. on the Saturday morning. We had to get up there in good time so that Paul could get registered. It was a really clear drive up but we had a couple of complications. The rail strike on South West trains meant that Epsom station […] Read More
Just on the way home from doing the London ride..100 wet and windy miles..it didn’t stop raining until we reached Buckingham palace! An amazing experience though; closed roads and flat cycling as even the hills were nothing like Cornish hills! Took me longer than expected as there were two major incidents; one on Leith hill, cardiac arrest; and amother on Box hill , crash coming down in front of me; so hold ups for ambulances etc! They then closed both […] Read More
Obstacle number one. The Weather. Now, we are all familiar with a spot of weather in Cornwall. Mist makes the landscapes more dramatic. Wind gives the hills character. Rain makes the tea taste better. Agreed? So when the three of us (myself, Phil4 and Dean) turned up at HQ with our freshly dusted off rain jackets, we did wonder where the rest of the group were. Sensible people. Once we’d realised it was just us, we decided to go a […] Read More
It was well past 9.10 by the time that everyone had lost interest in pointing out defects on Andrew’s bike, the one he was expecting to “Ride London” in about 5 days time. He must have doubted whether, in fact, he was going to make it all the way to Perranuthnoe, and back, before it completely gave up on him. Kath was a no show again, she had gone swimming, just something to note when she stands for re-election next […] Read More
Some photos from Richard at Port Quin and St. Maybn on the July Pathfinder.
The rumour that Phil3 was buying the drinks even brought the M&Ms out of retirement this morning, though it was only tea and coffee on offer at the Poldhu Beach. Numbers gathering to celebrate Phil’s birthday varied as to who was doing the counting and whether it was bikes or riders. Adding to the confusion, Simon left early and Jan arrived late. I made it a total of 14 riders; Phil1, Ian, Richard2 and myself starting from Union Corner and […] Read More
Seventeen riders, including a guest from One and All, joined Simon’s Pathfinder from Chapel Amble, north of Wadebridge on Sunday, with five of us driving up and meeting in the village, ten driving part-way and cycling the rest, and two (Robin and Raymond!) doing the whole round trip, which must have been well over 100 miles. The 25 mile route took us north west, through St Minver and up to Portquin, a tiny and very picturesque cove where we […] Read More