This year, we're planning to have one weekend each quarter when all Sunday club runs converge on the same destination. The idea is to create an opportunity for everyone to mingle, instead of chatting only to the little group you ride with nearly every week. The dates that we have earmarked for these Big Coffee Stops are:
24 March
23 June
22 September (after the Hill Climb)
22 December (pre-Christmas drinks)
The venue for the first Big Coffee Stop is Broad Acres Fishery, near Hanbury. Facilities at the fishery are fairly basic, but they have plenty of tables and always give us a warm welcome. (Unfortunately, finding a café that's happy to take a large group of cyclists in the busy run-up to Easter isn't easy.)
There will be four runs, all taking different routes to the café and going at different speeds. Ride leaders will plan departure times and routes so as to arrive at the café between 10:45 and 11:15. The aim is to avoid arriving at exactly the same time, but to get there within a narrowish time window, so that we're all there together for a while. Details of the runs will be posted by the leaders in separate threads on this MB and in the RwGPS forum. Ride leaders may follow one of the routes listed at https://ridewithgps.com/clubs/12538-bea ... broadacres, or come up with something of their own.
The following runs will be going:
A run led by Phil Richards
B run led by Matt Hale
C run led by George Barker
D run led by Dave Cole
Please note that the café prefers NOT to serve any scrambled eggs, because they're time-consuming to prepare, which is undesirable when a large number of people need serving. Keep the food orders simple, please, and we'll all get our grub more quickly.
I look forward to seeing you all on Sunday!
Big Coffee Stop #1, Sunday 24 March
Moderators: WorcsPhil, Beacon RCC, George, laurence_cooley, David Cole, Andy Terry, neilo
Re: Big Coffee Stop #1, Sunday 24 March
Many thanks to everyone who took part today, and especially to the ride leaders. It was great to see so many Beacon people together, having a good time. We'll have a debrief and look at things that might be improved in future, but I'm confident that there will be plenty more Big Coffee Stops to come.