Author: Alan Jelley

Report on Offroad Ride 8th June

Many thanks to Michael Jaye for todays ride. A really well planned ride that kept us away from paved roads for the majority of the route and included loads of different surfaces. For me it was especially lovely to be right out in the countryside cycling through fields for the early part of the ride, and then exploring the odd paths around Stockton ! The Ridgeway down from the Hunningham High Level Bridge was its usual muddy fun challenge!

The Majic Café off the Lias Line down to Long Itchington was a great find. It’s even got its own little pump track.

Offroad Ride 3rd May

Michael Jaye, Patrick Taggart & Alan Jelley went to Cannock Chase on Sunday 3rd May.

We parked at the Cannock Chase Visitor Centre.

Firstly we did the big circuit around the Sherbrook section of the park – going through the woods, over the heathland , across the ford and then climbing back up to Tackeroo.

We then followed this by riding down to the Birches Valley Centre for refreshments and then doing the fun Perry Trail.

 

Report on Offroad Ride 1st June

You could probably classify last Sundays ride as a Heinz 57 Varieties route ! – Rough track, Cycle paths, Greenway, Farm tracks, Bridleways, Gravel tracks,Canal  Tow path, Trail centre, Fast roads, and Quiet Lanes – along with refreshments in a medieval hospice ….. a real smorgasbord of cycling experiences !
 
 
Thirteen of us did this wonderfully varied ride out towards Warwick via Kenilworth and Wedgenock, and returned via St Nicholas Park, Newbold Comyn, Burnthurst, and Bubbenhall. Luckily enough all the riders were really up for everything and revelled in the mixed conditions. They all worked together well as a group and made leading a ride with 13 people on it very manageable (with backmarker support from Bob) – thank you !
 
New to the Club was using the cafe at the Lord Leycester Hospital in Wawick. A very distinctive and evocative setting which delivered really good food.
 
By the time we reached Newbold Comyn people were feeling so good that loads of us had a go at a couple of the tracks at the Trail Centre  – with lots of smiles and laughs …. and comments about possibly doing some more sometime.
 
If you fancy doing some more of this mixed surface riding then keep an eye open for Michael Jaye’s Brideways ride from Southam this Sunday, or Marina Friend’s ride from the Coventry Canal and out to Brinklow and Binley on the 22nd.
 
And if you fancy another go at the Newbold Comyn trails then join me on the 13th July.
 
Alan Jelley
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