Saturday 31st July - 6am - One-Day A-ride to Weston-Super-Mare and back

[WorcsPhil]

Just to confirm that this re-arranged one-day ride to Weston goes ahead this coming Saturday. We go whatever the weather, rain, hail, snow, swarms of locusts, hell and damnation, we go this week.

The route is confirmed as:
https://ridewithgps.com/routes/35937892 ...Rose Hill now removed!

and the ride will leave the Black Horse at 6am sharp. Me and Nick Shenton will meet you at the petrol station by Webbs of Wychbold at around 06:35, so Andy Wrightson will get the ride started on time, and we'll see you at the 11mile mark.

The proposed stops are:
1. St George's bakery, Corse (70kms) - confirmed open for hot bakery items, pasties, cakes, sandwiches and coffee
2. Chepstow Tesco Express (129kms)
3. Weston prom fish n' chips (191kms)
4. Thornbury options (250kms)
5. Tewkesbury various (312kms)

...so extremely even ride segments of 40miles ish.

Please come prepared for a long day in the saddle. The route from Black Horse to Weston and back to the Black Horse is some 372kms, or 231 miles, so a pretty long day indeed.

Please can you re-confirm if you're riding. If more than 10, we will split into two groups AFTER the first coffee stop at George's Bakery in Corse, just south of Tewkesbury.

This a long, long ride, and we will probably not be home till 11pm ish, but there are rail options to get you home if tiredness is taking over. There are rail stops at Weston-Super-Mare, Yatton, Bristol, Gloucester and Ashchurch (Tewkesbury) if you need them, so bring money with you..

DON'T FORGET YOUR MASK!!...and be great if you can wear your Beacon tricolore top if you have one, so we look an organised group of riders for the obligatory photo in front of the pier.

See you Saturday - hopefully, I won't be on my own!!

Confirmed riders:

Phil Richards
Andy Wrightson
Vince Tennant
Simon Woodward
John Williams
Chris Ashford
Rob Wade
Simon White
Karl Walton
Ant Featherstone
Nick Shenton

[Simon Woodward]

I'm sure I'll regret this as I've not done a 400km ride in less than 24hrs before, but put me on the confirmed list please.

[Will.i.ams]

Phil

Please add me to the list

Cheers

John

[caashford]

Yep, still planning on attending. Looking forward to it... I think.

Chris

[Robert Wade]

I'm in, or at least I'm going to cling onto the group for as long as I can.

[simplysimon]

I'm still up for it! I like chips.

[Jumbo78]

Stick us down thanks Phil

[snailmale]

I see you kids are taking the 'pretty' route. Well you are going in the summer, so you might as well enjoy it.
Sadly, you will never experience the joy of queuing, wet and shivering, in the Black and White Transport Cafe at Patchway at 4,00am on a February Sunday, carefully stepping over the body of the youth who has flaked out in front of you.
Those were the days!

Enjoy!

[ballintrane]

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[Ant_Fstone]

I'm still in.
Anthony