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Sunday ride to Frilford and Lechlade

Sunday, 1 May 2022 - 9:30am

A ride along both sides of the Thames valley, mostly fairly flat with a few hills here and there.

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Ride report

Broad Street was full of stalls and caterers due to it being May morning, still with quite a lot of people walking about. Alas we did not have quite a few people for the ride, just the 4 of us. As there was a Ghost Tour posted where we were, I considered opening the ride to ghosts, but no ghosts appeared that I could see. It was a grey ride with some drops of rain (it was a bank holiday weekend after all) to coffee at Millets. After coffee we had a head wind all the way to lunch, with what little rain there was clearing. John asked if the pub at Lechlade was the one with flamingoes. Not that I remember I replied, but when we arrived, John said look, flamingoes. Indeed there were, you could not dispute it….The ride back after lunch was brisker than the morning’s ride, due to the generous tail wind.

Ride leaders

Role Name

Full ride leader

Leader back from coffee

(No leader)

Ride venues and times

Venue Time Notes

Start

Broad Street, Oxford 9:30am

Please arrive 10 minutes before the start time (especially if you are new, so that we can say hello and sign you up).


Coffee

Millets Farm, Frilford 10:30am

For about half an hour.


Lunch

The Riverside, Lechlade 1:30pm

For about an hour.


Finish

Oxford area 4:45pm
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

Full ride

91km 20kph

Half day ride

Ride to coffee and back again.

32km 20kph

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.

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