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by George
29 Jan 2022 22:40
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January
Replies: 38
Views: 10673

Re: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January

+AndyMcGrath wrote:
29 Jan 2022 19:05
I have to drop out. Have a good ride everyone
No worries, Andy. Hope it's nothing untoward keeping you away.
by George
29 Jan 2022 10:48
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January
Replies: 38
Views: 10673

Re: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January

I've just noticed that I was a little careless dropping a waypoint when plotting the route. There was a little dead-end spur into Cur Lane, near Tardebigge on the return route. I've now corrected it. If you've already downloaded the route, you may want to re-download; otherwise just bear in mind tha...
by George
29 Jan 2022 09:50
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January
Replies: 38
Views: 10673

Re: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January

Certainly, Mick.
by George
28 Jan 2022 21:05
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January
Replies: 38
Views: 10673

Re: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January

All added. See you Sunday!
by George
28 Jan 2022 16:14
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January
Replies: 38
Views: 10673

Re: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January

Although Sunday is still forecast to be a mild day, the forecast minimum overnight temperature for Saturday-to-Sunday is lower than the long-range forecast was suggesting a few days ago. It's now forecast to dip close to freezing in the small hours, before rising steadily during the morning to high ...
by George
28 Jan 2022 16:03
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January
Replies: 38
Views: 10673

Re: C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January

Johnstew12 wrote:
28 Jan 2022 15:57
Can I meet at the coffee stop and ride part of the way back?
What time do you expect to be at the cafe?
Cheers
John Stewart
Certainly, John. We should be there about 11am.
by George
28 Jan 2022 15:55
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January
Replies: 38
Views: 10673

Re: C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January

bikercolin wrote:
28 Jan 2022 15:45
Is there for me please
Definitely, Colin.
by George
28 Jan 2022 11:48
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January
Replies: 38
Views: 10673

Re: C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January

The description of this ride may be amended slightly once we hear back from Beckie and Mark, but any tweaking of the plan will still leave C riders catered for.
by George
28 Jan 2022 11:46
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January
Replies: 38
Views: 10673

Re: C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January

Steve 68v wrote:
28 Jan 2022 11:43
Hi George can I join you please
Certainly, Steve.
by George
28 Jan 2022 10:12
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January
Replies: 38
Views: 10673

Re: C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January

Can we merge Mark and I on the B ride with yours? In principle, I'm okay with that Beckie. The only thing I'm thinking is that there's still 48 hours to go, and more people may well come forward wanting to do either a B-pace or C-pace ride. I therefore suggest that, if there are only eight of us at...
by George
27 Jan 2022 21:12
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January
Replies: 38
Views: 10673

Re: C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January

ChrisY wrote:
27 Jan 2022 18:22
I'd like to join please George.
Great to have you along, Chris.
by George
27 Jan 2022 09:58
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January
Replies: 38
Views: 10673

Re: C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January

PeteNorman wrote:
27 Jan 2022 09:09
Deal me a hand please George.

If numbers escalate to over 8 I'll happily lead a second group
You're in, Pete. Look forward to catching up. And thanks for the offer of help; let's see how it goes.
by George
26 Jan 2022 20:59
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January
Replies: 38
Views: 10673

Re: C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January

Mariana278 wrote:
26 Jan 2022 20:12
Count me in
Good to have you along.
by George
26 Jan 2022 09:38
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January
Replies: 38
Views: 10673

Re: C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January

Naomi B wrote:
25 Jan 2022 21:49
Hi,

Please could I come along too.

Thanks,

Naomi Bell
Absolutely. See you Sunday, Naomi.
by George
25 Jan 2022 21:28
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January
Replies: 38
Views: 10673

Re: C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January

See you there, James.
by George
24 Jan 2022 14:28
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January
Replies: 38
Views: 10673

B-C run to Crowle Sunday 30 January

This coming Sunday, 30 January, there will be a combined B and C run to Springridge Nursery, Crowle . Route: 74km (46mi), rolling terrain, as per https://ridewithgps.com/routes/38419752 Speed: roughly 22kph (13.5mph) Start: 09:15, Black Horse Participation: limited to 16 riders in total; we'll divid...
by George
16 Jan 2022 08:24
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: S ride (sensible and steady!!) to Snodsbury - BH 9.30am Sunday
Replies: 3
Views: 1435

Re: S ride (sensible and steady!!) to Snodsbury - BH 9.30am Sunday

Ah! I was going to join you, but was out all day yesterday, so hadn't got as far as posting. Wouldn't have made much sense for you to go ahead just to meet me, even if I had posted yesterday. So, I'll go elsewhere today and look forward to catching up with the two of you some other time.
by George
13 Jan 2022 14:44
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: Intro Rides 2022
Replies: 30
Views: 11350

Re: Intro Rides 2022

Thanks, Karl!
by George
11 Jan 2022 10:56
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: Intro Rides 2022
Replies: 30
Views: 11350

Re: Intro Rides 2022

Mick Stanford wrote:
11 Jan 2022 08:50
Hi George
I can do the 6th Feb and fit in where needed on subsequent dates. Happy to use your prefered route.
Mick
That's great, Mick, many thanks! I'll get back to you in the next couple of days.
by George
10 Jan 2022 10:57
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: Intro Rides 2022
Replies: 30
Views: 11350

Re: Intro Rides 2022

Come on, everyone! Let's have some volunteers, please, and especially one for Feb, so that we can get publicising it (Intro Rides that are advertised late often have very few participants).
by George
08 Jan 2022 10:52
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: B ride to Upton Snodsbury, Sunday 9th Jan, 9:15am
Replies: 20
Views: 5319

Re: B ride to Upton Snodsbury, Sunday 9th Jan, 9:15am

H Matt What speed are you planning to go tomorrow? I have put myself down for the c ride as I'm not super confident about my fitness - seem to be struggling as I've not been well for a while. I could always drop off with George if needs be - it's also as you say pretty cold tomorrow especially firs...
by George
07 Jan 2022 10:43
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: B ride to Upton Snodsbury, Sunday 9th Jan, 9:15am
Replies: 20
Views: 5319

Re: B ride to Upton Snodsbury, Sunday 9th Jan, 9:15am

Great. I look forward to it.
by George
07 Jan 2022 10:42
Forum: Other Rides & Touring
Topic: KING ALFREDS WAY TOUR - JULY 2022
Replies: 3
Views: 4426

Re: KING ALFREDS WAY TOUR - JULY 2022

Sounds like fun, Paul, but if things work out as I'm hoping, I'll be away in that period. Enjoy!
by George
07 Jan 2022 10:41
Forum: Club News & Events
Topic: Date for Annual Dinner 2022
Replies: 3
Views: 4105

Re: Date for Annual Dinner 2022

Ade, the Dinner has not traditionally catered for the Academy age group, and I'm a little unsure how the event might be adapted to do so without becoming unattractive to its existing 'clientèle'. However, if you have any suggestions, I'm all ears, and I'm sure the rest of the Dinner Committee will b...
by George
07 Jan 2022 10:32
Forum: Other Rides & Touring
Topic: Summer touring weekend 25th & 26th June
Replies: 47
Views: 27934

Re: Summer touring weekend 25th & 26th June

This sounds very tempting, Helen. However, Saturday 26th is the Track Championships, which I always like to attend and help at. So I'll have to think through the options carefully. Is it a one-night stay (Saturday), riding out the one day and back the next? How many does the dorm sleep? Btw, looks l...
by George
07 Jan 2022 10:21
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: B ride to Upton Snodsbury, Sunday 9th Jan, 9:15am
Replies: 20
Views: 5319

Re: B ride to Upton Snodsbury, Sunday 9th Jan, 9:15am

Matt, I'd like to join you at the café and I might even try to hang on at the back for the first part of your ride home. Don't include me in your head count, though, because I don't want to deny anyone else a place on the ride -- if the ride fills up, I'll ride separately. I guess you'll get to US a...
by George
03 Jan 2022 15:40
Forum: Club News & Events
Topic: Date for Annual Dinner 2022
Replies: 3
Views: 4105

Date for Annual Dinner 2022

A date for your diaries: This year's Annual Dinner and Prize Presentation will be on Saturday 19 November. The Dinner Committee is aware that one or two people expressed a preference for a return to late November/early December. However, the great majority of people who gave feedback have said that ...
by George
03 Jan 2022 14:34
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: Intro Rides 2022
Replies: 30
Views: 11350

Intro Rides 2022

After a month off, the year's Intro Ride programme is due to start again in February. We're sticking to the tried and tested formula: first Sunday of the month, thirty miles or so at the pace of the slowest rider, with a café stop. Each run is limited to the two leaders plus six pre-enrolled newcome...
by George
29 Dec 2021 10:15
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: A Run - Sunday 2nd Jan - Evesham - 8:45am Start
Replies: 13
Views: 4506

Re: A Run - Sunday 2nd Jan - Evesham - 8:45am Start

This feels a little like Groundhog Day, but I'll try to meet you at the café. No need to include me in the head count. Presumably you'll be there about 11am?
by George
21 Dec 2021 12:54
Forum: Cafe Stop
Topic: Emergency Blankets when cycling.
Replies: 6
Views: 6916

Re: Emergency Blankets when cycling.

Best wishes for a speedy recovery, Phil.
by George
18 Dec 2021 09:38
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: Cafes with Outdoor Seating: Covid Plan B
Replies: 2
Views: 5119

Re: Cafes with Outdoor Seating: Covid Plan B

Thanks, Phil. Very useful.
by George
17 Dec 2021 10:18
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: Christmas A ride to the Swan
Replies: 21
Views: 6455

Re: Christmas A ride to the Swan

Stopping at Rowberry's first, or skipping that and going straight to the Swan?
by George
16 Dec 2021 11:52
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: Christmas A ride to the Swan
Replies: 21
Views: 6455

Re: Christmas A ride to the Swan

In view of Tony's understandable decision to pull the plug on the booze-up at the Swan, do you plan to go ahead with a ride on Sunday, Neil? My personal feeling is that the level of infection risk associated with a club run plus café stop is much lower than that associated with spending several hour...
by George
15 Dec 2021 13:30
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: Christmas A ride to the Swan
Replies: 21
Views: 6455

Re: Christmas A ride to the Swan

Nicks_77 wrote:
14 Dec 2021 21:35
Stick me down sweetheart
I look forward to seeing the Strava record of your Sunday, Nick.
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by George
27 Nov 2021 11:29
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: Afternoon coffee anyone?
Replies: 0
Views: 1758

Afternoon coffee anyone?

So, the roads are all very wet from the storm, and tonight we're expecting a freeze. Looks like conditions (certainly in the back lanes) could be pretty dodgy tomorrow morning. I'm disinclined to take any chances myself. However, after several weekends when, for one reason or another I've been unabl...
by George
27 Nov 2021 11:15
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: Intro Rides 2021
Replies: 25
Views: 10719

Re: Intro Rides 2021

ChrisY wrote:
26 Nov 2021 21:00
Hi George. I got this 😁
Many thanks, Chris!
by George
26 Nov 2021 10:49
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: Intro Rides 2021
Replies: 25
Views: 10719

Re: Intro Rides 2021

We don't yet have a volunteer to lead the intro ride on 5 December. Any takers? It would be good to have someone lined up by this weekend, so that we've got a week to plug it. Intro rides are fun and rewarding to lead. They are also short and easy-paced, so an experienced rider should be able to lea...
by George
14 Nov 2021 20:06
Forum: Club News & Events
Topic: Beacon 75th anniversary dinner
Replies: 2
Views: 2340

Re: Beacon 75th anniversary dinner

Many thanks, Chris. Really good pictures.
by George
07 Nov 2021 14:42
Forum: Club Runs
Topic: Intro Ride to Rowberry's 7th November
Replies: 8
Views: 3530

Re: Intro Ride to Rowberry's 7th November

...and Mariana!

Good to see/meet everyone. A lucky escape for Kim and Mike, 48 hours too late to be treated to my Dinner ticket sales spiel!
by George
03 Nov 2021 10:20
Forum: Club News & Events
Topic: IMPORTANT message for everyone who has Dinner tickets
Replies: 0
Views: 2403

IMPORTANT message for everyone who has Dinner tickets

Please check your e-mail!

We have belatedly discovered that we need to give the caterers our menu choices in advance. Everyone who has bought tickets for the Dinner has been e-mailed. Please check your mail and respond asap.

Thanks!
by George
03 Nov 2021 10:20
Forum: Club News & Events
Topic: IMPORTANT message for everyone who has Dinner tickets
Replies: 0
Views: 2272

IMPORTANT message for everyone who has Dinner tickets

Please check your e-mail!

We have belatedly discovered that we need to give the caterers our menu choices in advance. Everyone who has bought tickets for the Dinner has been e-mailed. Please check your mail and respond asap.

Thanks!
by George
26 Oct 2021 09:16
Forum: Audaxes & Cyclosportives
Topic: Anyone done any sportives this year?
Replies: 6
Views: 8440

Re: Anyone done any sportives this year?

Hi George I completed the Gran Fondo route in the Dragon Ride this year (26th Sept 2021). 130miles and 12000ft elevation - hardest ride I have ever done but have stupidly signed up for next year! Beacon top on full display! https://www.awoladventure.com/events/humanrace/dragonride2021/racenumber/30...
by George
20 Oct 2021 19:05
Forum: Cafe Stop
Topic: 1980s anyone?
Replies: 0
Views: 4863

1980s anyone?

Does anyone have any good photos of club activities in the 1980s? It's the only period I don't yet have saturation coverage of in the forthcoming 75th anniversary souvenir. I'm interested in anything: racing, club runs, weekends away. I have lots of material on the Flying Greenhouse and Dark Horse, ...
by George
19 Oct 2021 13:06
Forum: Audaxes & Cyclosportives
Topic: Origin of the Snowdrop Audax
Replies: 4
Views: 5219

Re: Origin of the Snowdrop Audax

Were they organised as Beacon events from the start? Early versions of the audax page on the website (early 2000s) make it sound like the summer audaxes were the only ones the club ran at that point: https://web.archive.org/web/20021213115451/http://www.beaconrcc.org.uk/Audax.htm. I believe that th...
by George
17 Oct 2021 16:39
Forum: Audaxes & Cyclosportives
Topic: Origin of the Snowdrop Audax
Replies: 4
Views: 5219

Re: Origin of the Snowdrop Audax

Thanks, Phil. That's helpful but inconclusive. It might be, for example, that you joined in 2001 and Snowdrop started in 2000.
by George
17 Oct 2021 10:52
Forum: Audaxes & Cyclosportives
Topic: Origin of the Snowdrop Audax
Replies: 4
Views: 5219

Origin of the Snowdrop Audax

I know that the Snowdrop Audax was started by Alan Mason some time around the turn of the millenium. However, I'm not sure whether it was the very late 1990s or the very early 2000s. I'm inclined to think the latter, because I have a photo taken in 2003, which I know was one of the early editions. C...
by George
17 Oct 2021 10:46
Forum: Audaxes & Cyclosportives
Topic: Anyone done any sportives this year?
Replies: 6
Views: 8440

Re: Anyone done any sportives this year?

Ouch..Impossible decision...Yes, wore my Beacon top and shorts, with matching red/green stripe socks if you are after a tiebreaker ;-) https://buy.mysportphotos.co.uk/?Action=VF&id=30014791733&ppwd=mad%20march%20hare%202021 Ed, when I asked the question, I was indeed after a tie-breaker. However, i...
by George
14 Oct 2021 10:33
Forum: Audaxes & Cyclosportives
Topic: Anyone done any sportives this year?
Replies: 6
Views: 8440

Re: Anyone done any sportives this year?

Thanks, Ed. We now have an interesting situation. I've had only two responses, and they both relate to the same event. Unless someone else comes forward with a stronger claim, picking a winner of this year's Sportive Trophy may be difficult, since the rule is that it goes to: "The member who rides (...