West Surrey CTC Audax events – 31 May 2015

By on 1 June, 2015   /   Blog posts  

Audax flagOur new feather flag flies outside the Elstead Village Hall on Sunday 31st May for the three Audax events organised by Nick and Marion Davison, Peter Hackman and Bob McLeod.

We opened the Elstead Village Hall control at 0645 in steady rain and strong winds. Despite the bad weather, forty six riders on the Stonehenge 200k, Danebury 150k and Elstead 100k braved the elements as they headed out to Whitchurch and were rewarded with sunshine and tail winds in the afternoon as they headed back from Alresford.

The last two riders finished at 9.15pm just as it was getting dark. We had some impressive riders taking part: two riders on the 200k are due to take part in the PBP in August and another two were training for a race from Belgium to Turkey this summer.

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Surrey Classic Bike Ride

By on 14 May, 2015   /   Blog posts  

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West Surrey CTC have organised a 20% off discount code for any of our members, friends or family to use to enter a great new cycling sportive; The Sanofi Surrey Classic Bike Ride. Join the likes of Chris Robshaw and Kirsty Gallagher on their charity bike ride around Surrey all in aid of Sport for Freedom, an anti-slavery and human trafficking charity. With routes on offer of 15, 55, 85 or 100 miles, there really is something for everyone.
The ride starts and finishes at Horsley Towers on Sunday 28th June and takes in the surrounding Surrey countryside. If you’re interested in the ride, please take a look at their website here. If you do end up entering, just enter the following discount code upon checkout to claim your 20% off.

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Hope to see you all on the start line.

Kind Regards,

Nick

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Guildford Sustainable Transport Workshop – Cycling Infrastructure

By on 12 May, 2015   /   Blog posts  

We have received this invitation from Surrey County Council, an ideal opportunity for you to influence cycle policy across the Borough:

You are invited on behalf of Surrey County Council to comment on the proposals that are being developed for a network of cycle facilities across Guildford Borough.

We have set up a drop-in session, to be held from 16:00-20:00 on 28 May 2015 at The Holy Trinity Centre in the Lower Hall (off Guildford High Street) and it would be great if you could come to give us your views. The aim of the session is to get comment and feedback from a range of stakeholders on:

  • a proposed facility network as developed at a previous workshop;
  • the developing ideas that could comprise a bid to the Local Enterprise Partnership funding board.

The proposed network will be displayed and you will be asked to leave comments on it, officers will also be in attendance to discuss it with you.

There will also be other boards to provide the context for cycling in Guildford including cycle count data, casualty data, training and promotional activities.

If you have any queries, please email me.

Kind regards

Joe

Travel SMART Business Support Officer

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West Surrey goes north

By on 9 May, 2015   /   Blog posts  

Six of us spent a week in Middleton in Teesdale (Co Durham) exploring this very scenic area before moving on to Giggleswick, just across the River Ribble from Settle in Yorkshire, where we were joined by six more members for the May Day bank holiday weekend.  Here are a few photos.  There are lots more photos, at higher resolution, at

https://www.flickr.com/photos/chris_jeggo/sets/72157652493642885

Thanks are due to Derek and Anne Tanner for organising this most successful trip.

Cow Green Reservoir

Cow Green Reservoir, Upper Teesdale

Low Force, River Tees

Low Force, River Tees

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Snow on the tops above Teesdale

Snow on the tops above Teesdale

Sue on Hamsterley Forest's Forest Drive

Sue on Hamsterley Forest’s Forest Drive

Derek, Anne and Dave on the Tees Valley Railway path

Derek, Anne and Dave on the Tees Valley Railway path

Ready for the 'off' from Gigglewick

Ready for the ‘off’ from Giggleswick

Lane to Stainforth

Lane to Stainforth

Lane to Stainforth

Lane to Stainforth

Derek & Hilary, Pen-y-Ghent in the background

Derek & Hilary with Pen-y-Ghent in the background

Sue, Marion & Nick, Pen-y-Ghent in the background

Sue, Marion & Nick with Pen-y-Ghent in the background

Nearing Ribblehead Viaduct

Nearing Ribblehead Viaduct

Anne, Sue etc with Ingleborough in the background

Anne, Sue etc with Ingleborough in the background

Stop to admire Dent Head Viaduct

Stop to admire Dent Head Viaduct

Climbing out of Deepdale

Climbing out of Deepdale

Climbing out of Deepdale

Climbing out of Deepdale

Nick & Roger with Kingsdale and Whernside (the third of the three peaks) in the background

Nick & Roger with Kingsdale and Whernside (the third of The Three Peaks) in the background

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Pat’s 60th birthday ride, Wednesday 6th May

By on 8 May, 2015   /   Blog posts  

 

cakeFive Grade 3 midweek wayfarers braved the weather on Wednesday to celebrate Pat Daffarn’s 60th birthday – that very day. How could we possibly miss this?

One very lonely and abandoned Grade 4 group leader – none other than John Murdoch – joined Pat, Neil, Keith, Phil and Laurie on a thoroughly enjoyable route planned by Phil through the beautiful countryside around Basingstoke. Yes the rain did strike, fiercely but only briefly, just before lunch, and occasionally the gusts blew but this hardly mattered.

Pats 60th Birthday Cake

The real enjoyment was Pat’s surprise at the end of the day. His partner, Maggi, secretly arranged to join us all at the Fox and Goose at Greywell with (unfortunately injured) fellow Grade 3, John Child, and a magnificent cake – sparklers and all.

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(cake supplied by My Little Shop of Cakes)

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