[VC Walcot] VC Walcot 5th Anniversary Ride: Sat 1st Oct

[Jonathan Arnold]

Jon (and all),

Looking forward to Saturday. Fine by me if you bring people along to join
the ride with us.

Cheers,
Jonathan.


-----Original Message-----
From: verb.adverb at gmail.com [mailto:verb.adverb at gmail.com] On Behalf Of John
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Sent: 28 September 2011 12:42
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Subject: Re: [VC Walcot] VC Walcot 5th Anniversary Ride: Sat 1st Oct

Laurie

Can you generate a GPX of the route for us Garmin heads please?

And as I just mentioned on Facebook, this could be a good ride to
bring new people along if everyone's cool with that.

On 7 September 2011 14:45, Nick Rearden <nick.rearden at hotmail.co.uk> wrote:
> Sounds absolutely great to me and I will endeavour to be there as long as
> you promise to be leisurely with me.
> Any news on the 5th Anniversary jerseys? I'm due to ride the Ronde de
> Picardie this weekend with the CC Islington (don't ask) and obviously want
> to hold my own in such stylish company.
> Nick Rearden
> On 7 Sep 2011, at 14:34, Laurie Chalk wrote:
> Howdy All,
>
> Hot(-ish) on the coat tails of Ian's post on Facebook relating to the Open
> Hill climb I'd like you to, if possible, put this little event in your
> diaries.
>
> On 1st Nov 2006 (or near as dammit) Pete set up the club. The first club
run
> headed out sometime in that month. The exact dates and route are a bit
foggy
> but Pete assures me they went up Kingsdown and out through Monkton
Farleigh
> and on towards Bradford on Avon.
>
> So 1st Oct, in honour of the first club run, we're going to do the same
and
> then beyond to take in some club related highlights such as the TT courses
> at Great Chalfield and Westwells Road plus (if I can shoe horn it in and
> weather permits!) a trip up St Catherine's where we held our first club
hill
> climb event. Route distance should be no more than 50km and will be at a
> leisurely pace. The idea is to get as many people out for a good ride and
a
> natter. If we find a nice place/pub to stop on the way we will. Freeriding
> in a road stylee!
>
> Grand Depart: 9am at Chelsea Rd Cafe (come early and have breakfast
> http://thechelseacafe.co.uk/)
> Finish: Guildhall (photo opportunity for website banner beckons)
> Apres ride: we'll see what the weather's doing and decide on the day but
ice
> creams by the river was always one of my favourites!
>
> We haven't really done a big, fun club event in a while so hopefully
> together with the Open Hill Climb we can have an enjoyable VC Walcot
> weekend.
>
> I'll see you there.
>
> Laurie.
>