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Sunday ride to Benson and Sutton Courtenay
Sunday, 19 January 2014 - 9:30am
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Ride report
What made this a memorable ride? The perfect riding weather? Seeing George Orwell’s grave (with our own guide – Rebecca – explaining how he came to be buried in Sutton Courtenay)? Or was it the fact that we had record numbers out on a Sunday ride (19)? Our route to coffee didn’t go quite to plan (compare the Garmin Connect record with the map). This is entirely Garmin’s fault since the device failed to say “turn left” at Cuddesdon. After that, there’s nowhere to cross the Thames until Chiselhampton. No matter; this was Sunday riding at its best.
Ride leaders
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Full ride leader |
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Leader back from coffee |
(No leader)
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Ride venues and times
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Start |
Broad Street, Oxford | 9:30am |
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Coffee |
Waterfront cafe, Benson | 11am |
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Lunch |
The George and Dragon, Sutton Courtenay | 1pm |
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Finish |
Oxford area | |||
| All of the times (apart from the start time) are approximate only, as weather or punctures may affect them. | ||||
Ride options and attendance
| Ride option | Distance | Pace | Attendees | |
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Full ride |
61km |
20kph |
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Half day ride Ride to coffee and back home again. |
51km |
20kph |
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| The pace listed above is the average pace we do, so in general when cycling along the flat we will go a bit faster than the average pace. Please be aware of this if you are wondering whether you will be able to keep up on the ride. | ||||