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

[Lowenna Smith]

If John S (!) doesn't want to descend it then neither do I...

I will be going down early for a cup of tea in the sunshine :-)

On Wed, Sep 28, 2011 at 11:02 PM, Jonathan Arnold <
jonathan.arnold at homecall.co.uk> wrote:

> 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
> Stevenson
> Sent: 28 September 2011 12:42
> To: vc-walcot at vc-walcot.com
> 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.
> >
>
>
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