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Sunday ride to Waterperry and Cherwell Valley Services
Sunday, 1 April 2018 - 9:30am
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A modest run to coffee tackling the worst hills of the day, followed by a gently rolling ride to lunch. Our proximity to the village of Hinton-in-the-Hedges will remind us to look for that hole in the hedge which will lead us to lunch at Cherwell Valley services, where an unusually wide variety of lunch options awaits.
Ride report
A good attendance for Easter Sunday, with 11 continuing on to lunch (via the hole in the hedge). There has been idle speculation that the “hole in the hedge” was nothing more than cheap click bait. But the scandalmongers have at last been confounded – see photo of said hedge as Oxford City cyclists emerge from lunch at the Cherwell Valley motorway services.
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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 5 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 | 10:30am |
For about half an hour. | |
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Lunch |
Cherwell Valley Services | 12:50pm |
For about an hour. | |
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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 |
80km |
20kph |
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Half day ride Ride to coffee and back again. |
30km |
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. | ||||