Club Run Reports

Cat 5 run led by John F

mailto: Cat 5 run led by Ian S
Fourteen set out to Hare Street on a slightly chilly start to what turned out to be a perfect day via Hunsdon, Widford, Perry Green, Bishops Stortford, Manuden, Furneaux Pelham, and Little Hormead. Incredibly sat outside in the garden at the wrong end of October for our cheerfully served refreshments. Returned on the well worn route through Buntingford, Great Munden, Standon and Barwick Ford. The inevitable compelling statistics were 43 miles at a 14 mph overall average and 3 punctures sustained by a single wheel.

Cat 6 ride led by Bob B
Eleven riders set off from Hertford for Church Farm, Ardeley, on a raw but dry morning.  We went via Datchworth, Aston and up the hill to Benington and arrived without incident at Church Farm to enjoy their usual tasty fare. The return trip was via Wood End, Great Munden, Dane End and Whempstead, before crossing the A602 into Watton at Stone and up the hill back to Datchworth and then retracing our outward route back to Hertford. No punctures this week!

Cat 2 ride led by Sam B

Cat 5 run led Ian S

Cat 5 run led by Cathy P

Cat 5 (PW)

Six takers for this trip to Shenley.  Followed the standard in\back route via Bayford, Tylers Causeway, through the slums at Brooky Park, alongside the A1 & the M25 to Shenley.  The promised rain never materialised and it was a good, straightforward journey.  The only blot on the landscape was coming across a panicky lady who had lost her\a child.  Some horses had dislodged one child before bolting with another.  We helped search, but drew a blank down every lane.  Assumed that the horses made their way back home.

Cat 6 run led by Mike E
A straightforward trip to Codicote was drawn out by four punctures, including one before we set off, plus very slow service at Vanstone's Garden Centre. Still, the weather was great. Eighteen riders over 33 miles.

Cat 3 run led by Barry
Eleven  started the shortened mystery ride to Royston ,but soon stopped to watch a demonstration on how not to fix a flat. Alex and Darren left us before Royston , leaving seven to eat  at cafe Moreno .A circular route out to the east of the A10 and back on the west made 55miles, no rain as forecast !!
Cat 6 run led by Bob

Cat 6 run led by Mike E
After the flamboyance and derring-do of earlier summer rides, the category six group repeated a well worn, bread and butter ride to Hatfield Heath and back. No incidents for the fourteen riders over the 35 miles.

Club run led by Mike E
Without the enigmatic Elijah C Gruntfuttock, eight pedalled a virtuous loop to Much Hadham, Standon and Sacombe in one of the ever decreasing opportunities to clock up evening miles, this time 23. There were no takers for the unled option. 8 riders

Cat 5 run led by John F

Cat 6 run led by Danny H
11 of us set of from ware to the airfield at stapleford abbotts in glorious sunshine. Our route took us through the Lavers to Morton and down through Toot hill and Stanford rivers. While enjoying our refreshments we were able to watch the aircraft taxiing right out side the cafe and a helicopter land and take off. A shorter route back with only one minor indecent. Phil the power managing to get stung on the ear and receiving emergency treatment by our 'qualified' paramedic, captain Bob.  I knew that first aid course would come in handy.

Cat 5 led by Ian S
5 riders including 2 Guests rode to Hare Street via Hunsdon, Bishops Stortford, Berden and Brent Pelham. Sat in the garden for a pleasant break in the sunshine before returning to Ware by way of Westmill, Great Munden, Standon and Dowsetts Lane, deciding to avoid the intended route through Barwick Ford because of potential traffic chaos due to a music festival. 42 miles at a brisk pace in lovely weather.
Cat 6 led by Bob B

Dear Sirs,
Only just made the start of the Wednesday ride, having successfully explained the disappearance of my five millionaire ex-wives to the police. My butler is expected in court next week to be charged with the multiple murders. Phew! Then I held up you guys with a two and a half stop at the garage in Ware to recharge my electric bike - sorry about that. I have only just bought it from the Sky team, but had not realised how depleted the battery was after the Tour de France.

Cat 3 led by Mark T
Yet again the heavens opened up over Essex. I was met by Lee Anderson and Jonathan Dove (who had set off even earlier and had already done 30ish miles in the dry!). I gave them a choice of either doing a club run or just going home and keeping dry.

Dear Sirs,
I took part in my second ride with your midweek group. Fourteen riders looped from Ware to Westmill and back over 25 miles with one puncture. It was an amazing coincidence that the route went past all the shallow graves of my millionaire ex-wives.
Yours faithfully,
Elijah C Gruntfuttock (address withheld).

Cat 6 run led by Bob B

Cat 3 run led by Mike E
Dear Sirs, I took part in my first ride with your midweek group this week. Fifteen riders looped from Ware to Furneux Pelham and back over 25 miles and without incident. I was particularly grateful to the riders for waiting for me at various points - when I got back my roadkill bag was full to the brim. Yours faithfully, Elijah C Gruntfuttock (address witheld).

Cat 5 run led by Cathy P
7 riders set out from Ware to Buntingford expecting a morning of rain, but luckily the rain more or less held off.