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- 16 Oct 2023 20:35
- Forum: Other Rides & Touring
- Topic: Weston Super Mare - Saturday June 29th 2024
- Replies: 49
- Views: 37468
Re: Weston Super Mare - July 2024
I might be interested, Alan, but I flatly refuse to patronise Wetherspoons.
- 14 Oct 2023 12:02
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Annual Dinner and Prize Presentation - 6pm to midnight, Saturday 18 November 2023
- Replies: 0
- Views: 22138
Annual Dinner and Prize Presentation - 6pm to midnight, Saturday 18 November 2023
http://brcc.haywoodhouse.net/images/Dinner%20promo%2023-0%20-mx.jpg In the closing weeks of each year, we get together to recognise the achievements of our members during the season just ended. In line with feedback from the survey we did earlier in the year, this year’s event is going to be a litt...
- 09 Oct 2023 10:33
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: New cafe suggestions
- Replies: 124
- Views: 403776
Re: New cafe suggestions
I noticed a Facebook post by Redditch R&PCC, where they mention a café that's new to me: Osco's at Blenheim Garden Centre, just to the east of Bidford, on the B road leading towards Stratford: https://maps.app.goo.gl/TU9LbY2JhMPWvtPWA Menu suggests that's it's maybe not ideal for those whose prefere...
- 08 Oct 2023 20:38
- Forum: Wanted
- Topic: Second hand club jersey preferably the black one
- Replies: 4
- Views: 9590
Re: Second hand club jersey preferably the black one
Jason, I'm afraid that I can't help, but I should point something out that maybe you aren't aware of. You say "for training AND competitions". The jersey design that's registered with BC in compliance with their requirements is the red, white and green design. Strictly speaking, anyone racing under ...
- 07 Oct 2023 11:07
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Waifs and strays
- Replies: 0
- Views: 11296
Waifs and strays
I'm out for a slightly longer ride tomorrow (Sunday 8/10), which will involve two stops. My plans don't fit easily with any of the scheduled club runs, so I'm just doing my own thing. However, I thought I'd mention it here in case there might be one or two waifs and strays looking for a destination....
- 03 Oct 2023 09:26
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: A ride to Tewkesbury Sunday 8th 9am, 100miles
- Replies: 11
- Views: 7275
Re: A ride to Tewkesbury Sunday 8th 9am, 100miles
Looks from your route as if you're stopping at The Hide in Tewkesbury, Karl. It that correct?
- 01 Oct 2023 19:07
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Steady B ride to Evesham - 9.15am BH - Sunday
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8077
Re: Steady B ride to Evesham - 9.15am BH - Sunday
Thanks for organising a great ride, Michelle.
- 29 Sep 2023 21:44
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Steady B ride to Evesham - 9.15am BH - Sunday
- Replies: 7
- Views: 8077
Re: Steady B ride to Evesham - 9.15am BH - Sunday
Hello, Michelle. I'll ride over to the café and meet the group there, then tag along for the first part of the return leg. At standard B run pace, I reckon you should get there shortly after 11, so I'll aim for about the same.
All the best,
George
All the best,
George
- 20 Sep 2023 09:44
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: C-Run on 24th September: 10:30 start from the top of the Hill Climb
- Replies: 9
- Views: 6532
Re: C-Run on 24th September: 10:30 start from the top of the Hill Climb
I'm definitely planning to be at the HC and ride down to Broadacres, but will play it by ear in terms of tagging along with a group.
- 18 Sep 2023 22:48
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: RESULTS Beacon RCC 10 mile championship 12 Sept
- Replies: 2
- Views: 9512
Re: RESULTS Beacon RCC 10 mile championship 12 Sept
Congratulations, Ed and Celia!
- 07 Sep 2023 21:31
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: OFF!:- Possible slowish B run to Aston Cantlow Sunday 10 Sep
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6548
Re: OFF!:- Possible slowish B run to Aston Cantlow Sunday 10 Sep
Sorry, developments in the family's weekend plans mean that I'm not sure whether this idea is going to be convenient after all. Since no one has yet shown an interest, I think it's better to pull the plug now, while I'm not yet messing anyone about by doing so. If anyone wants to use the route, or ...
- 06 Sep 2023 16:04
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: OFF!:- Possible slowish B run to Aston Cantlow Sunday 10 Sep
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6548
OFF!:- Possible slowish B run to Aston Cantlow Sunday 10 Sep
It looks like being another warm, dry weekend. So it's time for me to dust off Doug Harlley for his annual imperial hundred. Since this weekend's club run programme is looking a bit thin, I'm thinking of combining this annual outing with (sort-of) leading a club run. If I provide a route and fix up ...
- 06 Sep 2023 15:49
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly update and club runs for w/e of 9-10 September
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6208
Weekly update and club runs for w/e of 9-10 September
With many people returning from their holidays and the weather gods delivering a glorious weekend of unseasonable warmth (all the more unexpected after the unsummery months that preceded it), we had a full programme of club runs last weekend. Although the planned A run was ultimately cancelled, we s...
- 24 Aug 2023 09:43
- Forum: Cafe Stop
- Topic: Thanks from Oscar Hopkins
- Replies: 0
- Views: 15055
Thanks from Oscar Hopkins
Oscar's daughter Diane has asked me to pass on her dad's appreciation of all the messages of congratulations included on the 90th birthday card from the club. He was touched by all the goodwill, including messages from people he hadn't seen for some years.
- 31 Jul 2023 11:20
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Beacon RCC CX race 26th November.
- Replies: 41
- Views: 100196
Re: Beacon RCC CX race 26th November.
Sorry, Ade... date clashes with a weekend away for my wife's birthday.
- 26 Jul 2023 18:24
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: THE KIDDERMINSTER KILLER
- Replies: 5
- Views: 16924
Re: THE KIDDERMINSTER KILLER
Cheers, Phil. The Cotswold Audaxes were of course unlike the KK in many ways -- a different product for a different consumer -- but I suppose that there are organisational parallels nevertheless. They were huge fun to organise, but also very time-consuming, and the model relied on a lot of help from...
- 24 Jul 2023 17:49
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: THE KIDDERMINSTER KILLER
- Replies: 5
- Views: 16924
Re: THE KIDDERMINSTER KILLER
Phil, you've done a brilliant job as organiser. Many thanks for all the time and effort you've put in. Having run our Cotswold Audax for a similar length of time, I completely understand the desire to step down: I certainly had the feeling that I'd given the event all the ideas and energy I'd got, a...
- 24 Jul 2023 17:38
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: THE KIDDERMINSTER KILLER
- Replies: 5
- Views: 16924
Re: THE KIDDERMINSTER KILLER
Words fail me.
- 24 Jul 2023 09:17
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: CANCELLED A Run, 62 miles - Sunday 23rd July, the Cob House, at BH 8:45am
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5830
Re: CANCELLED A Run, 62 miles - Sunday 23rd July, the Cob House, at BH 8:45am
Yes, thanks, Stuart. I would have been riding on my own regardless, so the cancellation made no difference to my riding. I enjoy seeing people and chatting at the café, but Phil turned up as well, being equally unaware, so I didn't lose out socially, either. Besides, missing the group for one reason...
- 23 Jul 2023 15:52
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: CANCELLED A Run, 62 miles - Sunday 23rd July, the Cob House, at BH 8:45am
- Replies: 4
- Views: 5830
Re: CANCELLED A Run, 62 miles - Sunday 23rd July, the Cob House, at BH 8:45am
Hope you're feeling better soon, Stuart.
Having not seen the cancellation notice, Phil Elwell and I made it safely to the café. Surely that's worth a precious club run point each, Phil Richards?
Having not seen the cancellation notice, Phil Elwell and I made it safely to the café. Surely that's worth a precious club run point each, Phil Richards?
- 20 Jul 2023 09:36
- Forum: Other Rides & Touring
- Topic: Beacon away day to Abergavenny and Hay on Wye
- Replies: 12
- Views: 16549
Re: Beacon away day to Abergavenny and Hay on Wye
In principle, Alan, it sounds like the sort of thing I might want to link up with. However, finding a free weekends before the end of the summer will be difficult, and I can't do midweeks, so I fear it's not going to be practical for me.
- 19 Jul 2023 08:55
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: New date for grass track 19th August
- Replies: 14
- Views: 12596
Re: New date for grass track 19th August
It's great to hear that you've sorted an alternative date, Ade, but unfortunately this one clashes with my holiday plans, so I won't be able to help this time, I'm afraid.
I hope it all goes well.
I hope it all goes well.
- 12 Jul 2023 09:56
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Grass track is back on
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11229
Re: Grass track is back on
Ade, just a quick note to confirm that I can make the rearranged date. See you there 10:30-ish.
- 11 Jul 2023 09:02
- Forum: Beacon Road / Track / CycloCross Racing
- Topic: Dudley GP, Friday 14th July
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6709
Re: Dudley GP, Friday 14th July
Good luck, Matt!
- 11 Jul 2023 09:01
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Grass track is back on
- Replies: 10
- Views: 11229
Re: Grass track is back on
Wow, that's a quick find, Ade. I hope you still have enough helpers and competitors for the new date. I can't help on Friday, I'm afraid, but I think I can be there on Saturday. I'll confirm asap.
- 08 Jul 2023 11:55
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Sunday 9th July C ride 53 miles Harvington speed 14mph
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6528
Re: Sunday 9th July C ride 53 miles Harvington speed 14mph
Mariana, I'll probably pitch up at the café. If you're starting at 9am, I guess you'll be there by 10:45, so I'll aim to arrive about the same time. My plan is partially weather-dependent. It's currently forecast to be okay tomorrow until about 2pm, but if the forecast changes substantially in the c...
- 08 Jul 2023 09:05
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: GRASS TRACK CANCELLED
- Replies: 2
- Views: 5769
Re: GRASS TRACK CANCELLED
That's a great shame, Ade -- for the kids who were looking forward to it and the parents who will have made travel arrangements, but also for you after all the time and effort you put into organising and publicising the event. How on earth did the travellers gain access? I seem to recall there being...
- 04 Jul 2023 10:13
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Saturday 8th July BEACON TO HOST NATIONAL RACE
- Replies: 29
- Views: 21542
Re: Saturday 8th July BEACON TO HOST NATIONAL RACE
Ade, what happens if it's raining?
- 20 Jun 2023 13:25
- Forum: Cafe Stop
- Topic: Beacon Legends.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 6595
Re: Beacon Legends.
Hello, Macco. June Pitchford (now June Raw) lives in the Malvern area these days. She does still cycle, but whether she's in the habit as venturing as far north as Crowle, I'm not so sure. Rod Goodfellow is still thriving too, but tends to divide his time between Lancashire (where he grew up) and th...
- 19 Jun 2023 09:05
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: Hemel Hempstead F11 10 Mile TT 17-06-23
- Replies: 3
- Views: 12402
Re: Hemel Hempstead F11 10 Mile TT 17-06-23
Blimey. Outstanding times all three. Congratulations!
- 17 Jun 2023 17:02
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Sunday 18th June D ride to Worcester 8.45 start
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15380
Re: Sunday 18th May D ride to Worcester 8.45 start
Mick, assuming nothing comes up in the meantime, I'll meet you there. Mariana's slightly earlier ETA and scary talk of a brief café stop persuades me that it's best for me to time my arrival to roughly coincide with yours. See you there, hopefully.
- 17 Jun 2023 16:57
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Sunday 18th June D ride to Worcester 8.45 start
- Replies: 13
- Views: 15380
Re: Sunday 18th May D ride to Worcester 8.45 start
Fathers' day is a wonderful institution. A special day just for fathers. And, on their special day, I feel fathers should be able to do just as they choose.
I've told my kids I'll be out on my bike. They can leave the cards on the kitchen table.
- 08 Jun 2023 13:41
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Alan Lamb
- Replies: 0
- Views: 8242
Alan Lamb
Oscar Hopkins has drawn our attention to the fact that Alan Lamb has recently died at the age of 97. Alan was husband to Avril, daughter of Jack and Jeane Clements. As such, he often moved in Beacon circles in earlier decades, and will have been known to many older members. He was a head teacher bef...
- 06 Jun 2023 17:13
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Saturday 8th July BEACON TO HOST NATIONAL RACE
- Replies: 29
- Views: 21542
Re: Saturday 8th July BEACON TO HOST NATIONAL RACE
Thanks, Jim. That's brilliant. Are you a member of the Beacon's Facebook group? (Not the Academy-specific one, the general one.) Can you post this there as well? Or is it okay if Laurence does so on the club's behalf, quoting your text?
- 06 Jun 2023 12:21
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly club news roundup + club run info for the weekend of 10-11 June
- Replies: 0
- Views: 6131
Weekly club news roundup + club run info for the weekend of 10-11 June
We're getting to that time of year when Beacon members start ranging beyond the rolling lanes of the Midlands. One such is our tireless Chairman, Philippo Bianchi, who's away ascending on a Quest for Celeste. So it falls to me to pen this week's roundup. Also off on their travels are Karl Walton and...
- 06 Jun 2023 10:16
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: New cafe suggestions
- Replies: 124
- Views: 403776
Re: New cafe suggestions
When out with Roger a week or so back, I happened to notice that the café that used to Auntea Rita's in Flyford Flavel has re-opened. Looks quite different now, so presumably new proprietors. Will try to drop by some time to see what it's like for cyclists and whether it's open on Sundays. But, of c...
- 06 Jun 2023 10:11
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Saturday 8th July BEACON TO HOST NATIONAL RACE
- Replies: 29
- Views: 21542
- 04 Jun 2023 16:36
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: RIDE FULL: B run to Harvington Sunday 4 June
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7782
Re: RIDE FULL: B run to Harvington Sunday 4 June
Well, I hope everyone was impressed by my practical demonstration of how not to prepare for a club run. I trust you will all find it very instructive. Thanks very much for coming along; see you all again soon. Phil Richards: participation list was names listed in blue at the top, plus: John Hitchcoc...
- 03 Jun 2023 09:32
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: RIDE FULL: B run to Harvington Sunday 4 June
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7782
- 02 Jun 2023 21:24
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: Saturday 8th July BEACON TO HOST NATIONAL RACE
- Replies: 29
- Views: 21542
Re: Saturday 8th July BEACON TO HOST NATIONAL RACE
I'll come along and help, Ade. Afternoon would probably suit me best, but I can be flexible, provided I know in advance.
- 01 Jun 2023 21:10
- Forum: Time Trials
- Topic: Club 20 mile championship
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10806
Re: Club 20 mile championship
Congratulations, Richard!
- 01 Jun 2023 21:07
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: RIDE FULL: B run to Harvington Sunday 4 June
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7782
Re: B run to Harvington Sunday 4 June
You're in, Pete.
- 01 Jun 2023 09:50
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: RIDE FULL: B run to Harvington Sunday 4 June
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7782
Re: B run to Harvington Sunday 4 June
Both added; look forward to seeing you on Sunday.
- 31 May 2023 09:59
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: RIDE FULL: B run to Harvington Sunday 4 June
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7782
Re: B run to Harvington Sunday 4 June
Thanks for your interest, Si, Si and Nigel. You're on the list. I just noticed that I had originally omitted the start time. That's now added to the headline post. Hope that you guessed that I'm intending a standard departure time.
- 30 May 2023 16:41
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: RIDE FULL: B run to Harvington Sunday 4 June
- Replies: 13
- Views: 7782
RIDE FULL: B run to Harvington Sunday 4 June
This coming Sunday, I'll lead a B run to Ellenden Farm Shop outside Harvington (the one near Evesham). Start: BH 09:15 (meeting 10 minutes or so beforehand) Distance: 91km/56mi Terrain: gently rolling Speed: 26kph/16mph Route: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/34163488 Participation: up to 8 riders, in...
- 14 May 2023 18:03
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: New cafe suggestions
- Replies: 124
- Views: 403776
Re: New cafe suggestions
I was chatting to the proprietor at Island Meadow Caravan Park today. Would leaders of runs of any significant size heading that way please phone ahead to warn her? The number is 01789 488273. Thanks!
- 14 May 2023 17:14
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Club run etiquette
- Replies: 1
- Views: 6047
Club run etiquette
I was talking briefly to a couple of the old hands today, who had observed a couple of things that I had also noticed recently. Against that backdrop, I'd like to ask our newer club run participants to bear a couple of things in mind on future rides. This isn't meant to come across as moany or criti...
- 14 May 2023 17:10
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: C run Sunday 14 May [now a definite plan]
- Replies: 25
- Views: 17993
Re: C run Sunday 14 May [now a definite plan]
Thanks to everyone who came along today. I enjoyed the ride, and hope you did too. It was particularly nice to see several new faces (new to me, anyway), but a shame that I didn't get to talk to all of you properly. Hopefully there will be plenty more opportunities in the future. And profuse apologi...
- 14 May 2023 17:08
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: C run Sunday 14 May [now a definite plan]
- Replies: 25
- Views: 17993
Re: C run Sunday 14 May [now a definite plan]
Thanks for leading George Also on our ride Dave cole Wallie lowe Dave hughes John Hitchcock Well, thank *you*, Mariana, for doing at least as much of the leader's work as I did. Phil R: the complete participant list = Mariana's list above + my provisional list higher up the thread + Jonathan Turner.
- 13 May 2023 21:21
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: C run Sunday 14 May [now a definite plan]
- Replies: 25
- Views: 17993