Archive for category: Sunday ride

Many thanks to ride leader Mark Fox for providing the following description of next Sunday’s Group-organised ride to Chatteris, which has Keith Tremeer on tail-ender duty

Starting from the car park at Tesco Milton, we will head north and into the Fens, passing through via Cottenham, Haddenham, Somersham & Chatteris, where we’ll stop for breakfast at the Seasons Garden Centre {view the  menu here}
After breakfast, we’ll head across to Ramsey and then pick up the B660 for the run to Kimbolton. Heading into the countryside south of Kimbolton, we’ll eventually loop around Bedford Aerodrome and then wiggle our way back to Eaton Socon. From there it is a quick run along the A428 to Caxton Gibbet, where we’ll end the ride after 89 miles in total

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Start                Tesco Milton, CB24 6AY
End                  Caxton Gibbet, CB23 3PD
Breakfast       Seasons Garden Centre, NN15 5LZ

** Ride limited to 16 participants **         Click here to request a place

Barry D leads, with John Hawkins in tail position, on Sunday 18th with a rideout south into Hertfordshire and The Greenhouse Café, Vanstone Park Garden Centre (sorry – despite our best efforts we can’t locate the breakfast menu online!). Barry has provided the following outline of the route

Departing from Tesco Extra in Royston, we head south along the B1368 through Barkway & Puckeridge, before travelling on the A10 for one junction to Wadesmill. Returning to B-roads, Hertford & Hatfield follow before we swing north again to Kimpton, Codicote & the Greenhouse Café

After breakfast we double-back briefly, then follow back lanes to Frogmore Bottom & Charlton. Having skirted Hitchin we head through Apsley End, Shefford & Upper Caldecote, then cross the A1 to Sandy, Everton & Waresley. The ride ends after a brief stretch on the A428 at Caxton Gibbet

Start point          Tesco Extra, Royston, SG8 5UA                 what3words
Breakfast            The Greenhouse Café, SG4 8TH                what3words
End point            Caxton Gibbet, CB23 3PD                          what3words

Ride departs 9:30am     Please arrive fully fueled for the 9:20am briefing

Ride limited to 16 participants. Click here to request a place

If you act now (using this link) you could still secure a place on the ride which Steve Rowdon & Graham Maile respectively lead & tail next Sunday. This outing heads to Suffolk and the ever-popular Café33 in Stradishall

Photo by Illiya Vjestica on Unsplash

Steve outlines his route:
Heading west along the A1307 from Fourwentways we’ll bypass Haverhill and continue through to Great Yeldham, where we’ll turn towards Bulmer. When we reach Sudbury we’ll double back through Guestingthorpe to Great Yeldham before turning for Ovington, through Clare and on to breakfast at Café33.
The return will take us north towards Newmarket, Isleham & Queen Adelaide. We’ll have a spell on the A142 before turning at Soham for Wicken & Stretham. The ride concludes with a stretch south on the A10 to Tesco Milton

Start: Shell Fourwentways, CB1 6AR     End: Tesco Milton, CB24 6AY
Breakfast: Café33, CB8 9XX                    Total distance:  ~100 miles

Ride limited to 16 riders

Using Brampton Hut Services as the departure point (a first for a Sunday ride) ride leader Peter Grant & tailer Phil Duffy are taking a maximum of 12 participants to Rutland Water on the 2nd of June

Photo by Tolu Akinyemi 🇳🇬 on Unsplash

From Brampton Hut riders head north on the A1, but turn off at the first junction after just one mile). Thereafter they can expect to encounter very light traffic as they follow well-maintained, twisting B-roads through Clopton, Oundle & the Benefields, under the Welland Viaduct and into Rutland. The Rutland Nursery Café offers views of the south shore of Rutland Water. The indoor restaurant offers these breakfast options

The return route is equally scenic as it twists and turns way eastwards through Duddington, Polebrook & Glatton to the B1043 (before the A1 was constructed this was the Great North Road) then heads south to Alconbury. The ride ends where it began back at Brampton Hut, after another one-junction stretch on the A1

Start & end point  Brampton Hut Services (A1/A14)
Briefing 9:20am                  Ride departs 9:30am
Total distance 88 miles     Maximum number of participants 12

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Try a new breakfast venue… on our next Sunday ride led & tailed by Catherine Ryan and Barry D respectively
Pillions are welcome on this ride, which is limited to 16 participants

>From BP Cambridge the route heads south-west in the direction of Sudbury via the Thurlows, Kedington & Great Yeldham before dipping south towards Halstead. The breakfast venue, Spencers FarmShop, is hidden away in the quiet village of Wickham St Paul. The owners are delighted to welcome us, and if the weather is fine will reserve the verandah for our use. To assist with their planning, please consult the menu and indicate when booking if you think you may wish to order a cooked breakfast
<After breakfast west again, through Finchingfield & Thaxted before veering north at Newport to end the ride at Fourwentways Services 

Briefing  9:20am                     Ride departs  9:30am       
Total distance  76 miles        Maximum number of participants  16

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