Author Archives: Duncan Robertson

Saturday Club Ride : 1st August 2020

Here's the route for this week's Saturday morning club ride.

Meet up at 8:30, outside Priory School

https://www.strava.com/routes/2724025488804458396

Total distance: 30.64 mi
Max elevation: 179 ft
Min elevation: 12 ft
Total climbing: 989 ft
Total descent: -990 ft
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Wednesday Evening Club Ride : 29th July 2020

Thanks to Luke for his suggestion this week. I've cut it down from the full route idea, just because it was getting a little long for an evening ride.

Meet up at 6pm, outside Priory School

https://www.strava.com/routes/2723117133758662822

Total distance: 31.56 mi
Max elevation: 913 ft
Min elevation: 12 ft
Total climbing: 2231 ft
Total descent: -2233 ft
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Saturday Club Ride : 25th July 2020

Although the weather is currently forecast to be wet, here is the suggested route for this weeks Saturday morning club ride. There are road closures near Mark, so the route is a little shorter than usual.

Meet up at 8:30am, outside Priory School

https://www.strava.com/routes/2721028500833138904

Total distance: 28.75 mi
Max elevation: 68 ft
Min elevation: 14 ft
Total climbing: 429 ft
Total descent: -428 ft
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Wednesday Evening Club Ride : 22nd July 2020

Here's the suggested route for this week's mid-week club ride.

Meet up at 6pm, outside Priory School

https://www.strava.com/routes/2720406459056242100

Total distance: 32.7 mi
Max elevation: 609 ft
Min elevation: 13 ft
Total climbing: 1422 ft
Total descent: -1424 ft
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Sunday Club Ride : 19th July 2020

Here is my suggested route for this Sunday's club ride.

Thanks to Russ for his suggestion. I have edited Russ's route to protect the innocent. It was described on the Facebook group as "chewey", so I've toned it down a fair bit. Hopefully, it's as rideable as it looks on the map.

Should be a café stop in Portishead.

Meet up at 9am, outside Priory School.

https://www.strava.com/routes/2719558710808764138

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Total distance: 53.05 mi
Max elevation: 587 ft
Min elevation: 12 ft
Total climbing: 2649 ft
Total descent: -2635 ft
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Saturday Club Ride : 18th July 2020

Here is the route for this Saturday morning's ride.

Social distancing, etc

Meet up at 8:30am, outside Priory School

https://www.strava.com/routes/2718168073176763744

Total distance: 32.18 mi
Max elevation: 137 ft
Min elevation: 12 ft
Total climbing: 1256 ft
Total descent: -1260 ft
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Wednesday Evening Club Ride : 15th July 2020

Here's the route for this week's Wednesday evening club ride.

Social distancing, etc.

Meet up at 6pm, outside Priory School

https://www.strava.com/routes/2718162911713589398

Total distance: 30.16 mi
Max elevation: 913 ft
Min elevation: 12 ft
Total climbing: 1930 ft
Total descent: -1932 ft
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Sunday Club Ride : 12th July 2020

Here is the proposed route for this Sunday's club group ride.

The weather this weekend looks to be good.

I've chosen a fairly innocuous route to encourage the 'rusty' amongst us to turn out. I am told the expected café stop at Wookey is open for take away, and failing that, Sweets has a 'drive thru' operating

If anyone is feeling tired when we get back to Weston, there's the option for folks to skip the last incline around the toll road and proceed home solo, etc, on a flatter route.

Meet up, as usual, outside Priory School at 9am.

We will be sticking to groups of six, if necessary, to observe social distancing.

As suggested previously, we can look at having a 'fast group' after the cafe stop, if people have energy to burn. The main group carrying on as normal and 'sweeping up' anyone dropping off the back of the group ahead. Depending on numbers, we might also consider a faster group on the way out.

https://www.strava.com/routes/29056777

 

Total distance: 54.82 mi
Max elevation: 206 ft
Min elevation: 2 ft
Total climbing: 2117 ft
Total descent: -2117 ft
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Saturday Club Ride : 11th July 2020

After a couple of weeks of dodgy weather, this Saturday looks good.

We'll be keeping to the recommended social distancing precaution of groups of up to six.

Meet up at 8:30am, outside Priory School

https://www.strava.com/routes/21073429

Total distance: 31.9 mi
Max elevation: 67 ft
Min elevation: 10 ft
Total climbing: 479 ft
Total descent: -474 ft
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Saturday Club Ride : Off

I've been monitoring multiple weather sites and there isn't a great deal of agreement about tomorrow.

It may or may not be wet, but it will apparently be windy. The degree of wind is in doubt, but it likely to be on the stiff side.

So, to err on the side of safety, there will be no club group ride tomorrow.

Which is disappointing.