Club Run Reports

Again, about 25 riders split over the three rides.  On a hot day, five made their way to Much Hadham to meet up with JohnF for a trip to Saffron Walden.  The rest met in Hertford where seven took off for a whizz around the Royston course.  The remaining dozen easies headed in a southwest direction for a trip to Shenley thereby riding on roads that they were unaccustomed to travelling on by bike, and suffering only one puncture for their pains.

About a dozen took to the road for this Weds offering.

Mark led a ride for the first time and as usual it's not easy shepherding 15 people about but he got all back in good time, especially as the evenings are getting much shorter.  It was an invigorating journey for all and the newcomers enjoyed it as much as the regulars.

Again over 20 out over the three rides.  With about a dozen on the medium, nine on the easy and three more doing the medium\fast, all managed to get caught in the torrential downpour that arrived just before midday.  The easy pacers dealt with this setback the best by remaining in the cafe, re-entering the outside world when the worst had passed over.  The mediums also suffered a couple of punctures, but apart from that there were no major problems.

A dozen turned out for a tour of the wilds.  Due to a good southerly wind, the route from Ware to Furneaux Pelham via Stanstead Abbotts was accomplished in good speed and the group was back at Ware by 9 pm, a distance of 26 miles.

Sixteen met in Hertford and split into two equal groups in order to do the medium\fast and the easy pacer.  The faster group did a nonstop tour whilst the easiers took a more sedate pace and smelled the roses.  A stop at Emily's proved to be a welcome break and all returned safely.  Meanwhile the four on the Ely tour did not have any problems until about 2 miles from the end when the heavens opened.  Probably saved having a shower later.

Eighteen set off from Ware, soon to be joined by the speeding RichardH.  After heading out via Fanhams Hall the group took in Much Hadham and Puckeridge before blasting back down the old A10.

Again decent weather.  Again an excellent turnout.  Again a warm welcome to all those out on their first ride with the club.  After the Old Skool TT fourteen riders took off for a slightly roundabout route to Wandon End.  Away from the race Danny led about ten on the easy pacer to Buntingford.  Neither group encountered any major difficulties and all benefitted from the good rides and good company.

Nineteen took to the hills on an occasion when it did not rain.  From Ware to Hertford, Bayford, Tylers Causeway, Essendon and back to Ware.  Twas a good ride on a good evening.

A decent day.  It didn't rain!  Not too windy!  Big yellow thing in the sky!  Can't last?  And so HWCC took full advantage with over 30 riders out on the roads either on one of the clubruns or a charity ride.  Ten rode from Ware to Hatfield Heath on a fairly painless journey whilst nearly twenty met at Hertford.  Fortunately this group split with a dozen off to Hudnall Corner and the rest on the medium\fast trainer.  The Hudnall Corner group only suffered two punctures and most had a good day out although there were still some major "lakes" to negotiate especially on the 250 yard off road b

At 19:00 seventeen riders turned up for the Weds evening tour.  Alas the foul weather turned up at the same time.  From standing around in goodish weather awaiting the start, by the time we set off it was raining hard.  As we made our way up the A10 we encountered a storm.  Was a tad scary!!  Riding down the road from Levens Green to Dane End would have been easier in a canoe and at the bottom of the descent there was a deep lake.  We had to ford it as there was no return back up the hill.

The appalling conditions prevented the nine strong medium group from getting to the appropriately named destination of Rayne.  At about the halfway stage the group negotiated one lake too many and the decision was made to retrace their steps - back through all the lakes and rivers that would have been much more enjoyable with MTB's.  A small group of four eventually took refuge in a pub at Much Hadham.  Despite everything nobody had any mechanical problems.  Contrast this to the easy group where Chris continued his attempts to take the puncture repair record:- and Bob had a diction slip.

The Weds evening rides are proving to be extremely popular as people try to get over the Hump Day.  Richard led the ride north up the A10 to Levens Green, Dane End, Benington, Aston and across the A602 to return via Datchworth.  From there came the somewhat obligatory race back.

Good turnout today over the four rides.  With the reclassification of the "fast training ride" to a more general "medium\fast ride", it meant that riders who previously would not have attempted it due to the thought of soon being left behind, decided to give it a go.  Five went offoad.  The seven easy riders met up with Peter, who had driven across, at Emily's.  Three riders took up the afternoon challenge.  Sorry Bob, you're not catching up yet!

Sixteen riders out although how many came just to see John's new Banana-Boat is unclear.  Still he gave an impressive display of its speed and his agility, despite the fact that the machine has the turning capabilities of a tanker.  However it has no problem in turning heads, as demonstrated down the hill between Wadesmill & Thundridge.

With the lousy weather affecting everyone's lives, most riders turned up for the easy pacer leaving only four to do the medium from Thaxted.  The fourteen who rode the easy endured an interesting journey with plenty of rest breaks.  Chris punctured, and then repunctured so this time he decided he would fix it and return home.  Then it was Jason's turn.

Didn't know we had so many members\prospectives!  With about 20 of us out we toured the lanes like a large lorry blindly following its satnav although with JF leading there was no chance of getting lost.  There were no punctures or mechanicals and a brisk ride was had by all on a warm summer evening.  Not often had a chance to write that this year!

Over 20 out, with most on the medium paced ride.  The four on the easy pacer had a fairly trouble-free ride as for the most part was the medium.  VB snapped his chain, and then the group managed to split as they were incorrectly advised by a rider from another club!  However all came together at Hare St.

And such foul weather!  Six started out on the slowie from Ware and were eventually met by the two who had attempted the medium but called it off part-way.  It wasn't cold but it did get extremely wet, so the stop at Bps Stortford was very welcome.

A torrential downpour deterred many, but the eight who waited for the rain to stop enjoyed a good ride in good, but dampish, conditions.