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- 30 Jan 2023 09:48
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 4th and 5th of February
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1706
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 4th and 5th of February
WEEKLY UPDATE: The week's hat tipping goes to Roger Green. It was great to meet him and George Barker at Bishampton cafe on Sunday, out on the tandem as Roger is blind and relies on people like George and Si Woodward to go out with him... Roger is 80 years old this coming weekend and he's still goin...
- 27 Jan 2023 12:36
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Sunday 29th - A Run - Bishampton - ~62miles - 9am start
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3976
Re: Sunday 29th - A Run - Bishampton - ~62miles - 9am start
I'll meet you at the cafe, Rich
- 23 Jan 2023 10:56
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 28th and 29th of January
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1601
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 28th and 29th of January
WEEKLY UPDATE: Ever wondered what 'cancel culture' is? You hear a lot about it, I often wonder who I should cancel, but the true meaning was found last weekend when ALL of our Beacon club runs were cancelled in a very cultural way. Yes, we had ooddles of ice again, and the only people riding were th...
- 20 Jan 2023 17:00
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: **CANCELLED** A Run Sunday 22nd January
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6317
Re: A Run Sunday 22nd January: Bishampton: 62miles
Hi Rich, I’ll meet you at the cafe or possibly on the route down…
- 17 Jan 2023 16:25
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Club Run Scores at the end of December 2022 - a third of the way through the season
- Replies: 0
- Views: 4503
Club Run Scores at the end of December 2022 - a third of the way through the season
Over the first three months of the club run season, (which is always the slowest quarter as it includes Christmas and this season had a 3-week ice sabbatical in December) there have been 212 riders in the 13 weeks of the first quarter of the season giving an average of 16.3 riders per week. However,...
- 16 Jan 2023 13:42
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 21st and 22nd of January
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1533
Re: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 21st and 22nd of January
… and anyway, of all the topics I raise, that’s the thing that has roused you the most
- 16 Jan 2023 13:38
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 21st and 22nd of January
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1533
Re: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 21st and 22nd of January
Ahhh, you’re right - appalling attention to detail. Tiggers are wonderful things, their tops are made out of rubber, their bottoms are made out of springs, they’re bouncy, bouncy, bouncy etc etc
- 16 Jan 2023 10:45
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 21st and 22nd of January
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1533
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 21st and 22nd of January
WEEKLY UPDATE: So what makes a perfect winter club run? Well, everyone will have their own view of course, but there are a few fundamentals needed to be labelled as such. Perhaps a shorter route in the winter, a cheery leader who posts early and gets a momentum behind it, a nice route with a suitabl...
- 13 Jan 2023 17:11
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Sunday 15th January - A Run to The Den Cafe (Stanford Bridge) 9:00am start
- Replies: 17
- Views: 17293
Re: Sunday 15th January - A Run to The Den Cafe (Stanford Bridge) 9:00am start
As you look to be going right past my house at 10:07, Nick - I’ll hop on there!
- 09 Jan 2023 19:40
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: HELP REQUIRED FOR THE 2023 SUNRISE/SNOWDROP AUDAXES
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10173
Re: HELP REQUIRED FOR THE 2023 SUNRISE/SNOWDROP AUDAXES
Thanks, Dave - you’re in! Thanks so much
- 09 Jan 2023 11:09
- Forum: Club News & Events
- Topic: HELP REQUIRED FOR THE 2023 SUNRISE/SNOWDROP AUDAXES
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10173
HELP REQUIRED FOR THE 2023 SUNRISE/SNOWDROP AUDAXES
Yes, it's that time of the year again. I am looking for volunteers to help out at the Sunrise/Snowdrop Audaxes on the 25th February. We still have the same request as last year...we have FOUR Beacon Audaxes, and people will be discouraged from entering them all unless you help out on one - This is t...
- 09 Jan 2023 10:53
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 14th and 15th of January
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1492
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 14th and 15th of January
WEEKLY UPDATE: We had 33 riders out on the five club runs at the weekend, which is great stuff. Thanks to Nick Shenton, Cedric Gioan, Pete Norman, Ade Ravenscroft and Mick Stanford for leading the rides and hopefully all enjoyed the testing conditions. When was the last dry ride we had, huh? Great d...
- 05 Jan 2023 15:35
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Sunday 8th January - A Run to Twisted Spoon (Upton Snodsbury) 9:00am start
- Replies: 12
- Views: 4172
Re: Sunday 8th January - A Run to Twisted Spoon (Upton Snodsbury) 9:00am start
I'll come along, Nick - but will probably meet you around Bradley Green at around 10am
- 02 Jan 2023 15:17
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 7thy and 8th of January
- Replies: 1
- Views: 684
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 7thy and 8th of January
WEEKLY UPDATE: 2023 is here and so is the weekly update after a week's holiday. I hope you all had a great time, and in my case, 'man overeats at Christmas' is hardly a headline that will feature on the front page :o . So it's back to cycling and getting into shape for all the adventures this year h...
- 19 Dec 2022 11:44
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 24th and 25th of December
- Replies: 1
- Views: 702
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 24th and 25th of December
WEEKLY UPDATE: Commiserations to Cedric over the World Cup final result, but great to see Messi lift the trophy that his mercurial talents deserve! Talking of mercurial talents... A frustrating last day of cold and icy weather would normally mean a limited turn-out at the Swan at Chaddesley for Chri...
- 12 Dec 2022 11:49
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 17th and 18th of December
- Replies: 1
- Views: 689
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 17th and 18th of December
WEEKLY UPDATE: You can tell it's been icy when your strava stream is full of people on Zwift and gone out for bracing country walks... oh a few hardy souls out off-roading...excellent stuff. Obviously, there were no club runs at the weekend, but a big thanks to Alan Weaver for getting a group Zwift ...
- 12 Dec 2022 11:26
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: A(ustralia) run to Lake Manchester Sun 11 Dec
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2772
Re: A(ustralia) run to Lake Manchester Sun 11 Dec
Haha, great post, but I'm afraid Fraiche Cafe would have been too awful to visit, given all those cheering Aussies at the final whistle, it would have set UK-Aus relations back 100 years
- 05 Dec 2022 11:25
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 10th and 11th of December
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1096
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 10th and 11th of December
WEEKLY UPDATE: Only one place to start this week, and that's the Cyclocross on Sunday. We put a lot of effort, time and expense into this to get it going and run it on the day, and huge thanks should go to Adrian Ravenscroft for this. He has pushed it as an idea, generated it into reality with Walsa...
- 28 Nov 2022 16:11
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 3rd and 4th of December
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1185
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 3rd and 4th of December
WEEKLY UPDATE: Every so often, someone suggests a club run, a seemingly ordinary club run, and yet attendance takes off! It happened with Paul Johnson last month when nearly 20 people piled onto it, and it happened again on Sunday with Simon Woodward's club run to Broomfields. So why does it happen?...
- 24 Nov 2022 08:54
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Ride Full - B Ride - Broomfields at Holt Heath Sun 27th 9:15
- Replies: 23
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Re: B Ride - Broomfields at Holt Heath Sun 27th 9:15
Gotta be home by 1pm so this ride seems perfect… put me down , Si - I’ll pick the ride up somewhere near Wychbold
- 21 Nov 2022 15:56
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 26th/27th of November
- Replies: 0
- Views: 1063
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 26th/27th of November
WEEKLY UPDATE: Well, there's only one place to start this week, the Beacon Annual dinner and Awards night, held on Saturday. It was so good to see many Beacon members old and new there, with particular warm welcomes to Roger Shayes and Oscar Hopkins, both in or near their nineties and still going st...
- 14 Nov 2022 16:29
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 19th/20th November
- Replies: 0
- Views: 929
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 19th/20th November
WEEKLY UPDATE: This coming Saturday evening sees the 76th anniversary Beacon Awards Dinner. If you haven't already signed up, and your plans have changed and no you do have time to come along, then why not do so...I'm sure you can be accommodated as I hear that it will be closed to entries at noon t...
- 07 Nov 2022 10:31
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 12/13th November
- Replies: 0
- Views: 898
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 12/13th November
WEEKLY UPDATE: Star Baker this week goes to Celia Brown whose showstopper at the Malvern Gravel Hill Climb on Saturday was a superb first place and drew yet another Paul Hollywood handshake. Another strong climb and a win for Celia who is raking these HC trophies up like leaves off our lawns. Fantas...
- 31 Oct 2022 11:28
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 5th/6th of November
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1170
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 5th/6th of November
WEEKLY UPDATE: Well over 40 riders out on the club runs at the weekend in largely fine weather with one crappily-timed heavy rain shower...sorry if you got wet on your way home. Paul Johnson led a very popular A-run to Broad Acres, and great to see 16 riders out for this hokum...as I posted on Satur...
- 29 Oct 2022 12:24
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: RIDE FULL-Sunday 30th Oct A Run to Broadacres Fisheries 09:15am Depart(Max 14)
- Replies: 18
- Views: 7139
Re: RIDE FULL-Sunday 30th Oct A Run to Broadacres Fisheries 09:15am Depart(Max 14)
A great turn out for the A-Ride tomorrow, and as there are so many, I’d love to think that all participants will sign up to lead at least ONE A-Ride in the next 3 months! That’ll keep us going till 2023!
I’ve noted your names
I’ve noted your names
- 24 Oct 2022 14:41
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 29th/30th of October
- Replies: 0
- Views: 860
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 29th/30th of October
WEEKLY UPDATE: Rain? What rain?...yes, it was hammering it down when we all woke up on Sunday, so two of the three club runs got cancelled, but the forecast was for the rain to stop, and so it came to pass. By 10am, it was dry and by 11am it was warmish and sunny, so hopefully most got out anyway. T...
- 23 Oct 2022 20:27
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Beacon A-Ride to Cobhouse - Sunday 23rd 09:15 depart
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1733
Re: Beacon A-Ride to Cobhouse - Sunday 23rd 09:15 depart
As it was raining first thing, club runners were thin on the ground, so only the following braved the early rain, but as promised it did stop at 10 and the sun came out and it was lovely. Riding were Phil Richards (Leading) Vince Tennant (Andy phoned Vince and made him get out of bed, so he hot-foot...
- 20 Oct 2022 16:44
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Beacon A-Ride to Cobhouse - Sunday 23rd 09:15 depart
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1733
Beacon A-Ride to Cobhouse - Sunday 23rd 09:15 depart
I'll lead the A-ride to that old favourite Cobhouse on Sunday. Route below, and the route back can be shortened/lengthened depending on the weather...
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/32091963
Pop your name down below if you want to come along:
Phil Richards (Leading)
John Williams
Andy Wrightson
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/32091963
Pop your name down below if you want to come along:
Phil Richards (Leading)
John Williams
Andy Wrightson
- 17 Oct 2022 16:03
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 22nd/23rd of October
- Replies: 0
- Views: 865
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 22nd/23rd of October
WEEKLY UPDATE: We had three club runs out on Sunday, namely an A-ride led by Paul Johnson - lovely to see him back out leading, his dulcet tones with shakesperian gravitas filling the country air... Si Woodward leading a very popular B-ride to the View at Wooton Wawen, and Mick Stanford, leading the...
- 13 Oct 2022 09:30
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Sunday 16th Oct A run to Upton Marina 9.15am start.
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4762
Re: Sunday 16th Oct A run to Upton Marina 9.15am start.
Was hoping to join you, Paul, but still testing Covid positive with a great big red line against the T.....gggrrrrr...so unlikely I'll be there
- 10 Oct 2022 16:12
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 15th/16th October
- Replies: 1
- Views: 761
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 15th/16th October
WEEKLY UPDATE: Hi all, well, I've had Covid for the first time ever (knowingly), so been isolating with Lisa who also tested positive for the last few days, which has enabled me to watch a bit of cycling and catch up on bike admin... Great to watch that Irish rider break the UCI world hour record at...
- 07 Oct 2022 14:31
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 8th/9th of October
- Replies: 1
- Views: 650
Re: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 8th/9th of October
Where are you A-riders????
I told you I was the most ignored man in the kingdom. I would lead myself but we have Covid in the house so I'm isolating until we test negative....
Phil
I told you I was the most ignored man in the kingdom. I would lead myself but we have Covid in the house so I'm isolating until we test negative....
Phil
- 03 Oct 2022 10:48
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 8th/9th of October
- Replies: 1
- Views: 650
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 8th/9th of October
WEEKLY UPDATE: Now as you know, I love a good Audax, and luckily we had one last Saturday...Philip Whiteman's South Salopian was a textbook 200kms audax, excellent pre-publicity, great route with some fast sections, not too many tiny muddy lanes (is Phil going soft with us?), and a simply fab ascent...
- 29 Sep 2022 15:33
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: FINAL CLUB RUN SCORES 2021/2022
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1306
FINAL CLUB RUN SCORES 2021/2022
Hi all, the final club run scores for the 2021/2022 season (October 2021 to end of September 2022) are listed below. Congratulations to Cedric for winning this year's trophy but also huge congratulations and thanks goes to Mariana and Paul Balfe for both leading more than 20 rides this year, and sco...
- 26 Sep 2022 10:54
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 1st/2nd October
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1045
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 1st/2nd October
WEEKLY UPDATE: So, after everyone was out on club runs last Sunday after the hill climb, a much more muted presence this week. Thanks to Pete Norman and Cedric, we had two very different C runs, and Mick Stanford led a BC Guided ride. So, we had no A or B ride this week for the first time this seaso...
- 24 Sep 2022 22:29
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Sunday 25th; C Ride to Arley
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4127
Re: Sunday 25th; C Ride to Arley
Pete, will meet up with you all at the Arboretum…
- 20 Sep 2022 14:52
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 24th/25th September
- Replies: 0
- Views: 866
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 24th/25th September
WEEKLY UPDATE: Goodbye to her majesty, which saw many of us following the day's events on TV, whilst others took advantage of the day off and quieter roads to go out for a Monday bike ride...off with your heads! :D As for Sunday - How do people ride so quickly uphill?? Yes, it was the Beacon Hill cl...
- 17 Sep 2022 13:51
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Broad Acres on Sunday
- Replies: 0
- Views: 854
Broad Acres on Sunday
Hi all, I’ve phoned Broad Acres to warn of the incoming cyclists on Sunday and they’re fine with that… but did say that sandwiches stop at 1pm when they switch to doing Sunday lunches for the fishing lot… so best to get there before 12:45 if you’re planning of going to Broad Acres tomorrow. I expect...
- 12 Sep 2022 22:16
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: A-Ride after the Hill Climb: Sunday 18th Sept at 10:30
- Replies: 10
- Views: 4666
A-Ride after the Hill Climb: Sunday 18th Sept at 10:30
I'll lead an A-ride blast leaving from the hill climb finish on Winwood Heath Lane at approx 10:30. This gives everyone time to get there by 10am and cheer the riders on at any point on the hill, or for hill climb entrants to ride off their exertions... The route is quite short given the late start,...
- 12 Sep 2022 16:15
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 17th/18th of September
- Replies: 0
- Views: 851
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 17th/18th of September
WEEKLY UPDATE: So, in a sad week for the UK, I read that people like to congregate to celebrate the life of the Queen, and to reflect what this all means for Britain, whether our four nations will stick together, and where we are in the World's consciousness...or perhaps it doesn't in your life... w...
- 07 Sep 2022 14:43
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: CLUB RUN SCORES WITH 3 WEEKS TO GO IN THE SEASON!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 878
CLUB RUN SCORES WITH 3 WEEKS TO GO IN THE SEASON!
Hi all, so with just 3 weeks to go in the club run season, and the full listing of club run scores are below. I've checked and re-checked these, and adjusted to reflect only weekend and Tuesdays count as club runs from late July, so if you do have a query... usual rules apply, pop it on a £20 note a...
- 05 Sep 2022 23:18
- Forum: Audaxes & Cyclosportives
- Topic: And the leading Beacon Audaxer is.....
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4509
Re: And the leading Beacon Audaxer is.....
You beat me to it, Phil...but a couple of points... These scores don't include LEL (and the 15 points available there), so adding these in makes it very, very close! Also, the Audax trophy I think finishes at the end of October in line with the Audax UK season...so 8 weeks to go! Keep on watching, i...
- 05 Sep 2022 23:13
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 10th/11th of September
- Replies: 0
- Views: 896
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 10th/11th of September
WEEKLY UPDATE: September means that for some strange reason, the cyclists of our fair nation start to move away from cycling on roads and start to ride on grass, gravel, mud, snow, and rubble.... yes, it was the weekend of the Hell of the North (Cotswolds) from Winchcombe which saw lots of Beacon gu...
- 29 Aug 2022 09:48
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 3rd/4th September
- Replies: 0
- Views: 869
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 3rd/4th September
WEEKLY UPDATE: Let's big up the Beacon Touring crew! As I've said before, there are loads of Beacon cycling tours going on this year, or are currently touring or having just finished - including Claire Dignon and her photographic tour of Slovenia (try to catch her pictures on FaceBook, they deserve ...
- 24 Aug 2022 11:18
- Forum: Audaxes & Cyclosportives
- Topic: London Edinburgh London 2022
- Replies: 32
- Views: 19832
Re: London Edinburgh London 2022
LEL: A Personal View This is a long brain dump, so pour yourself a red bull, grab an energy bar and read on…. After hugely enjoying Paris Brest Paris in 2019, the other great monster Audax that cannot be ignored is our very own London Edinburgh London (LEL), which takes place every four years, with...
- 22 Aug 2022 10:33
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend OF 27/28th August
- Replies: 0
- Views: 875
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend OF 27/28th August
WEEKLY UPDATE: So, the Vuelta has started which officially means that we're getting to the 'arse end' of the summer, so what better way to celebrate the last dying rays of the warm sun but to get out on your bike, before we all have to display registration plates, have MOT's and pay road tax, becaus...
- 20 Aug 2022 14:19
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Sunday 21st August - B run Wyre Forest 65m
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3408
Re: Sunday 21st August - B run Wyre Forest 65m
Hi Ewan… I fancy a ride out so will aim to see you at Larch Barn at approx 10:45
- 15 Aug 2022 16:49
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the week of 15th-21st August
- Replies: 0
- Views: 906
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the week of 15th-21st August
WEEKLY UPDATE: Well, it happened... London Edinburgh London (LEL) that is, and we had some weather!!... but I won't dwell on LEL much here as I'll write a more detailed review in the next week or two, but suffice to say it was an amazing experience, Beacon had seven riders out on the road and at lea...
- 04 Aug 2022 22:40
- Forum: Audaxes & Cyclosportives
- Topic: London Edinburgh London 2022
- Replies: 32
- Views: 19832
London Edinburgh London 2022
Sunday August 7th sees the start of the 1,500kms London Edinburgh London (LEL) Audax... There are SEVEN Beacon members on the start line, and for those of you who want to follow our progress, use the below link. There are three of us who have 5min GPS recorders, so they should provide pretty much re...
- 01 Aug 2022 10:32
- Forum: Club Runs
- Topic: Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 7th August
- Replies: 2
- Views: 836
Weekly Club Update and Club runs for the weekend of 7th August
WEEKLY UPDATE: What a summer of sport, and England have actually won a football trophy...go the girls! ...and the Tour de France femmes as well proving that that this summer is switching the perceived culture away from men's sport being the only thing that matters...and long may this continue! ...bu...