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Jun
10
Fri
Friday Ladies Leisure Ride to Marlborough – the sequel! @ Three Trees Farm shop and Cafe
Jun 10 @ 9:30 am – 12:30 pm
Friday Ladies Leisure Ride to Marlborough - the sequel! @ Three Trees Farm shop and Cafe | Chiseldon | England | United Kingdom
The Ladies Leisure ride last week was so nice, we’re doing it again this week! 
We will follow the national cycle route 482 along the former railway line from Chiseldon to Marlborough.
It’s a nice flat route and we will go as far as the fitness of the group determines – plenty of pubs on the way, so we will go as far as people want before heading back. If we do the whole way there and back it will be a 16 mile round trip, but we will stop for a very nice coffee and cake at Bertie Maffoons bike shop cafe midway. 

Meet at the Three Trees farm shop café at 9.30am

http://www.sustrans.org.uk/ncn/map/route/route-482

Sep
15
Thu
Thursday Ladies Leisure Ride @ Three Trees Cafe
Sep 15 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Thursday Ladies Leisure Ride @ Three Trees Cafe | Chiseldon | England | United Kingdom

Starting at the Three Trees Cafe we will have a lovely ride to Chisledon and then on to Coate Water. There we can have coffee and loo stops before either heading to Croft for a few laps or heading directly back to the Three Trees Cafe.

Leisurely pace, all abilites welcome 🙂

Nov
17
Thu
Ladies Leisure Rides – WWW ride, the afternoon return! @ Waitrose
Nov 17 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Ladies Leisure Rides - WWW ride, the afternoon return! @ Waitrose | England | United Kingdom

The return of a great beginners and gentle ride.

Starting at Waitrose , we will ride the old railway line to Old Town, through Croft to Witchelstowe, then over the motorway bridge to Wroughton, stopping at Cowpuccino’s for coffee and cake before heading back to Waitrose .

This is a different start time of 1pm and we will be finished by 2, 2.30pm in plenty of time for the school pick up!!

Who’s joining me?

Feb
10
Fri
Ladies Leisure Rides – Croft and Beyond! @ Croft Trail
Feb 10 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Ladies Leisure Rides - Croft and Beyond! @ Croft Trail | England | United Kingdom

Starting at Croft trail, we will do a lap of the blue trail before heading out to Wroughton via Witchelstow. We will have a coffee and cake stop in Cowpaccinos before heading back to Croft for another blue lap, or even red of you are feeling adventurous!! This is perfect for beginners who want a little taster of the trail or just those who love a social ride with a cake and a coffee!! Hope to see you there!

Mar
10
Fri
Ladies Leisure Ride – The 3 W’s Ride @ Waitrose
Mar 10 @ 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
Ladies Leisure Ride - The 3 W's Ride @ Waitrose | Wichelstowe | England | United Kingdom
This week’s Ladies Leisure Ride starts at Waitrose and takes in Witchelstowe and Wroughton (as well as Croft!)
Starting from the Waitrose car park we will take the Southern Flyer to the Old Railway Line round the bottom of Old Town, before returning via Croft to Witchelstowe, where we head over the M4 to Wroughton for a drink at Cowpucchinos. Then we head back to Waitrose – don’t forget your My Waitrose card for a free drink there as well 😉
 
This ride is ideal for beginners and can be done on a hybrid with off road tyres too.
 
Meet by the disabled parking near the Waitrose front door for an 11am start.
Mar
19
Sun
Breeze SMTBE – Ladies Leisure Rides ‘BE BOLD FOR CHANGE’ @ Three Trees Cafe
Mar 19 @ 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
Breeze SMTBE - Ladies Leisure Rides 'BE BOLD FOR CHANGE' @ Three Trees Cafe | United Kingdom

As well as leading SMTBE rides, I am also a Breeze champion, and I am leading a combined Breeze ride, with a RideSocial bit in the middle.

I have put together a few of my favourite routes with an adventurous twist in the middle! We will start the route at the Three Trees Cafe , then take the cycle path through Chiseldon and then head to Coate Water via the ‘twirly whirly bridge’. We will ride round the back of Coate Water and head out onto the roads by the Broome Manor estate. After a short section of quiet road we will pick up the cycle path again down the side of the golf course and head onto Pipers Way and to Croft. This is where we will stop for a short break from the Breeze ride and if you want to join the ‘Ride Social’ at this point, then that will be the adventurous twist – a lap of Croft!

We will then continue the Breeze ride, head back to Coate Water via Broome Manor and stop for coffee or toilets if required. After Coate, we will take the Badbury Wick route back to the Three Trees Cafe, which is all quiet country roads. Once back at the Three Trees Cafe we will stop for a much needed hot drink and a cake!

Meet in the Three Trees Cafe car park for a 10am start.

Apr
2
Sun
Ladies Leisure Rides – Wanborough Wander @ Wanborough Village Hall
Apr 2 @ 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Ladies Leisure Rides - Wanborough Wander @ Wanborough Village Hall | Wanborough | England | United Kingdom


Starting at the Wanborough Village Hall at 10.30am, we will take the back Road to Covingham. We will then go across the fly over towards South Marston where we will take the country lanes and some off road routes to Nightingale woods. After a quick whizz round the woods and a short stop we will head back to Wanborough along the same route as we came. We will then finish by having a drink in the pub!!!

This route is around 12 miles, suitable for hybrid bikes with off road tyres or mountain bikes.

It’s perfect for beginners and novice riders, a truly lovely social ride for everyone.
Hope to see you on Sunday Ladies 😀

Jul
9
Sun
Cwmcarn if you can @ PS Cycles, Cwmcarn
Jul 9 @ 10:00 am – 2:00 pm
Cwmcarn if you can @ PS Cycles, Cwmcarn  | Wales | United Kingdom

Time for another visit to Cwmcarn.

This is a great Welsh trail centre, with 2 XC trails and some downhill tracks, with uplift available.

The main ride is 10am on Sunday, but we’ll be there the whole weekend if you want to join in on Saturday too.

Plan is to camp over Saturday nigh, ready to do the main day ride on the Sunday.

We will meet at 10am at PS Cycles on the Sunday for the main ride.

Jun
9
Sat
Exmoor Explore – Lets go to the sea @ Porlock Weir
Jun 9 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
Exmoor Explore - Lets go to the sea @ Porlock Weir | Porlock Weir | England | United Kingdom
This is a warm up for those coming for the weekend, and will have a choice of gentle or mental!
 
We will be starting from our base at the Sparkhayes Campsite in the centre of Porlock and making our way to Porlock Weir, the port to the west, where there is an excellent pub, refreshments and the sea!
 
The choice will be:
A gentle pootle out, relatively flat, just taking in the scenery to the pub essentially.
Or the mental option – making our way part way up Porlock Hill (which has the steepest A road in the country!) and making our way down through the technical bridleways in the woods to the weir.
 
The choice is yours 🙂
May
23
Sat
May Weekender 2020 – Exmoor @ Porlock
May 23 @ 10:00 am – May 25 @ 2:00 pm
May Weekender 2020 - Exmoor @ Porlock
Our annual May Bank holiday trip will be to the fabulous Exmoor in 2020.
We have 3 days riding planned and you can do all or just some of them.
 
Day 1 – the big day out. Starting from Porlock we will do a 28km loop of some of the best hills and scenery Exmoor has to offer, including Wootton Courtenay, Ranscombe and Horner. There will be amazing views of the hills, sea and Wales, epic descents and glorious woodland. There will be options on the route as well, including a cut off near the end to remove 300m of climbing, to enable more people to have a go at the route. For the “adventurous” there will also be a chance to take in one of the tracks from the Southern Enduro champs along the way (that is optional and the alternative is still a great descent, just firewood instead).
 
Day 2 – lazy Sunday. Well sort of! We will start with a considerably shorter ride (9km) to the top of Bossington Hill, for the epic view, on our way to Horner. After a lunch at the excellent tea rooms we will then do 3 uplifted descents. First we will take in a long run from the top of Dunkery Beacon, followed by an epic singletrack run from the top of Porlock Hill. Finally we will return to Porlock Hill and take a super fast fireroad route down to Porlock Weir for a pint by the sea. Up to you if you do all 3 descents or 2 or 1, but the final one is suitable for all and takes us home, so if you’re only going to do 1, it should be that 1!
 
Day 3 – Big trees. To finish off on Monday we will decamp to the outskirts of Minehead (about 15 minute drive) to Dunster Castle. Here we will ride a nice woodland route out to England’s tallest tree and back.
 
Accommodation is DIY, but I would strongly recommend Sparkhayes campsite (which I will be at). It has excellent facilities, and lovely relaxed atmosphere and great views of the hills and sea. It’s also on a few minutes walk from the pubs and shops.
There are many B&Bs in the town if you would prefer a solid roof though.
 
Outside of your accommodation and food, the only cost will be the uplift, which will be around £10 per person in total. Exact price will be confirmed nearer the time.
 
All routes will be led by qualified ride leaders, who are also first aid trained.