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Sunday ride to tackle the Brill Spokes
Sunday, 23 July 2023 - 9:30am
Ride or Event Navigation
A short ride to coffee, followed by 3 ascents of and 2 descents of Brill Hills where we will have picnic lunch (provided, but please let ride leader know of any special dietary requirements) followed by 2 descents and the remaining ascent and return to Oxford – 914m of ascent (3,000 ft in 53 miles.) No need to do all the climbs! You’re still welcome to enjoy our picnic 🙂
Contributions to EMpowered People will be welcome at the picnic or you can go online here if you would like to make a voluntary donation to EMpowered People
If you would like to see what they get up to you can see a video of The Cracking Cotswold Caper weekend, led by Ian and Penny, and supported by Clare and Jon. Click here to see video.
Ride report
Overnight and early morning rain cleared to give us a sunny if windy ride to Waterperry for coffee and the ups annd downs of Brill Hill. A good turnout meant that once again we were able to make a significant contribution – this year to the amazing work of EMpowered People charity – currently c £200 and rising. Thanks to everyone for their generosity and contribution to a lovely ride.
The map is an embedded link from Ride with GPS. You can zoom in to see the route in as much detail as you like. For example, you can zoom in (using the + sign) to see exactly where the start is. If you'd like to see the distances, go to the Ride with GPS website by clicking on 'View Full Version' (top left of map).
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 |
Please arrive 10 minutes before the start time (especially if you are new, so that we can say hello and sign you up). | |
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Coffee |
Waterperry Gardens, Waterperry | 10:20am |
For about half an hour. | |
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Lunch |
Brill Hill Windmill | 1:00pm |
For as long as it takes 🙂 | |
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Finish |
Oxford area | 4:00pm |
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| 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 |
86km |
20kph |
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Half day ride Ride to coffee and back again. |
32km |
20kph |
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Part of ride |
50km |
20kph |
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Please note: you need to log in to see the list of people who attended the ride. |
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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. | ||||